1 Kings 7:8

And his house where he dwelthad another court within the porch, which was of the like work It is better to leave out the italics of A V. and translate -And his house where he might dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work." The description has apparently been carrying us, from the front of the house of the forest, regularly more and more inward. Now we are brought to a court behind the previously mentioned porch, and in this court stood the king's own dwelling house. It is noteworthy how little description is given to this or to the house for Pharaoh's daughter. This probably comes to pass because the public were never admitted to these quarters.

Pharaoh's daughter Cf. 1 Kings 3:1. The house for her probably joined the king's residence. Josephus (Ant.viii. 5. 2) tells us that it was united with the porch of the throne, but his description is so vague that little reliance can be placed on it, and little help derived from it. The women's apartments, as usual in the East, were removed as far from public view as possible.