brought up the daughter of Pharaoh] 1 Kings 3:1. and 1 Kings 3:8. and 1 Kings 9:24. out of the city, &c.] Solomon at first placed his wife in the city of David (1 Kings 3:1.) upon necessity, because he had not elsewhere a place fit for such a princesse: but after he had built the LORDS and his own house, he built a fair palace for her, 1 Kings 7:8. into which he removed her from the city of David. because holy] This reason was ceremoniall: hereby it appears, that he reserved the place where the ark formerly stood, for some holy use, or left it void. But if Pharaoh’s daughter had there still continued, he must have taken it in, to make a fair and spacious palace for his wife. holy] Heb. holinesse.