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What does 2 Chronicles 8:11 mean?

Solomon moved Pharaoh’s daughter out of the city of David to a house he built for her, saying, 'My wife can’t live in the places where the sacred Ark has been, because those places are holy.' 2 Chronicles 8:11 - Modern Text Bible

(Solomon respected the holiness of the places connected to God’s presence and made sure his wife, who wasn’t an Israelite, lived elsewhere.)