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Rh had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the hath come. Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the on the altar of the, which he had built before the porch, even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

11. for he said, My wife, etc.] These words are an addition by the Chronicler. In 1 Kin. iii. 1 it is said simply that Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter into the city of David until his own house was finished.

My wife shall not dwell] Render, No wife of mine shall dwell.

12—16 (cp. 1 Kin. ix. 25).&emsp;

This paragraph is in the main an expansion of 1 Kin. ix. 25.

12. on the altar of the, which he had built before the porch] This refers to the great brasen altar of burnt-offering (iv. 1). In 1 Kin. the statement is that Solomon burnt incense upon the altar that was before the  (referring to the altar of incense; cp. Ex. xxx. 1—10). Such an act, according to the Chronicler, was of the nature of trespass, being punished in the case of Uzziah with leprosy (xxvi. 16), and was therefore not to be attributed to so great a king as Solomon.

13. on the sabbaths, and on the new moons] The writer in Kings confines Solomon's sacrificial duties to three times in the year, i.e. on the three great feasts specified at the end of this verse. The Chronicler adds the weekly and monthly festivals, in conformity with the developed ritual of the Priestly Code.

14. of David] Cp. 1 Chr. xxiv.—xxvi.

to praise, and to minister before the priests] Cp. 1 Chr. xxiii. 28.

David the man of God] Targ. David the prophet of the Lord (a correct paraphrase). Cp. Neh. xii. 36.