1 Kings 9:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Compare the marginal reference. Solomon was not satisfied that Pharaoh’s daughter should remain in the palace of David, which was on Mount Zion, in the immediate vicinity of the temple, because he regarded the whole vicinity of the temple as made holy by the presence of the ark of God. His own palace was on the other (western) hill, probably directly opposite to the temple, the valley of the Tyropoeum running between them.

1 Kings 9:24

24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.