daughter of Pharaoh

The daughter of Pharaoh who married Solomon was taken as his wife as part of a political alliance between Israel and Egypt — a remarkable achievement of Solomonic diplomacy, since Egyptian princesses were rarely given in marriage to foreign rulers (1 Kings 3:1; 7:8; 9:16, 24; 11:1). Solomon built her a special palace and brought her from the City of David to her new home. Her presence in the harem is listed among the foreign wives who turned Solomon's heart after other gods in his old age (1 Kings 11:1), though she is not named in the text.