10 These were King Solomon’s deputies: 250 who supervised the people.

11 Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh from the city of David to the house he had built for her,(A) for he said, “My wife must not live in the house[a] of King David of Israel because the places the ark of the Lord has come into are holy.”

Public Worship Established at the Temple

12 At that time(B) Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the Lord’s altar he had made in front of the portico.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:11 LXX reads city

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