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Verse 1 Kings 3:28. _THEY FEARED THE KING_] This decision proved that
they could not impose upon him; and they were afraid to do those
things which might bring them before his judgment-seat.
_THEY S...
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THE WISDOM OF GOD - i. e. “Divine wisdom,” “a wisdom given by
God” 1 Kings 3:12. The ready tact and knowledge of human nature
exhibited in this pattern judgment, and its special fitness to impress
Ori...
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2. JEHOVAH APPEARS TO SOLOMON HIS PRAYER AND THE ANSWER
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. Affinity with Pharaoh and Pharaoh's daughter (1 Kings 3:1)_
2. Solomon loved the LORD (1 Kings 3:2)
3. Jehovah appears to Sol...
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1 KINGS 3:1 TO 1 KINGS 4:34. EARLY DAYS, REIGN, AND WISDOM OF SOLOMON.
The sources of this section are various, and the arrangement of the
narrative in the LXX should be noticed. There are (_a_) a sta...
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WISDOM OF GOD. Divine wisdom. Genitive of Character. See App-17, and
compare note on 1 Kings 3:9 above....
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_they feared the king_ As having a power beyond what they had seen in
any other to detect wrong, and to find out truth and falsehood, and so
to make certain the punishment of evildoers. There was no e...
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THEN CAME THERE TWO WOMEN, &C.— See Judges 2:1 respecting the word
זנות _zonoth_ rendered _harlots._ Solomon knew at once, that the
only sign whereby to discover the true mother, would be her affectio...
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B. THE DEMONSTRATION OF HIS Wisdom 3:16-28
TRANSLATION
(16) Then two women, harlots, came unto the king, and stood before
him. (17) And the one woman said, O my lord the king, I and this woman
were s...
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3:28 justice. (a-31) _ Mishpat_ , same word as for 'judgment,' in this
verse and elsewhere....
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SOLOMON'S CHOICE
This chapter relates how Solomon, out of various gifts offered to him
by the Almighty, chose wisdom, and adds an illustration of the use he
made of the gift with which he was endowed...
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THE WISDOM OF GOD] Solomon's wisdom was divine not only in its source
but in its quality....
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 3
GOD SPEAKS TO SOLOMON
V1 Solomon made an agreement with Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Solomon
married Pharaoh’s daughter. Solomon brough...
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וַ יִּשְׁמְע֣וּ כָל ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶת
־הַ מִּש
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THE BOY-KING'S WISDOM
1 Kings 3:1
"An oracle is upon the lips of a king."- Proverbs 16:10 (Hebrews).
"A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all
evil with his eye."- Proverbs...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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A DISCERNING JUDGMENT
1 Kings 3:16
The incident gave convincing proof of the gift of wisdom. This is the
most esteemed endowment of an Eastern potentate, who is called upon to
arbitrate in cases that...
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The first brief paragraph in this chapter reveals at once Solomon's
strength and weakness. He was strong, for he loved the Lord and walked
in the statutes of his father David. However, there was the o...
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(28) And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged;
and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in
him, to do judgment.
Well might all Israel admire Solomon's wi...
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The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the
priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and
dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people
desi...
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But there is another element in the history of the king of glory, in
which he oversteps the limits of the king of Israel's legitimate
position; he allies himself with the Gentiles, and marries Pharaoh...
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AND ALL ISRAEL HEARD OF THE JUDGMENT WHICH THE KING HAD JUDGED,.... In
the above case; the decision of it was divulged throughout the land,
and the fame of it was spread everywhere:
AND THEY FEARED T...
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_And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and
they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God [was] in
him, to do judgment._
Ver. 28. _And all Israel heard,_] _sc., _...
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_She is the mother_ As is evident from her natural affection to the
child, which she had rather have given away from her than destroyed.
_Wisdom of God_ Divine wisdom, with which God had inspired him...
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1 Solomon marieth Pharaohs daughter.
2 Hie places being in vse, Solomon sacrificeth at Gibeon.
5 Solomon at Gibeon, in the choice which God gaue him, preferring
wisedome, obtaineth wisedome, riches,...
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SOLOMON RECEIVES WISDOM FROM GOD
(vs.1-15)
However, early in Solomon's reign he slipped into the snare of making
a treaty with the king of Egypt. Israel had before escaped from the
bondage of Egypt,...
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IN HIM:
_ Heb._ in the midst of him...
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16-28 An instance of Solomon's wisdom is given. Notice the difficulty
of the case. To find out the true mother, he could not try which the
child loved best, and therefore tried which loved the child...
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THE WISDOM OF GOD; either great and eminent wisdom, AS THE CEDARS OR
MOUNTAINS of God are the highest and most eminent of the kind; or
Divine wisdom with which God had inspired him for the better
gove...
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1 Kings 3:28 Israel H3478 heard H8085 (H8799) judgment H4941 king
H4428 rendered H8199 (H8804) feared H3372 ...
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CONTENTS: Alliance of Solomon and Pharoah. Marriage with Pharoah's
daughter. Loses at Gibeon. Solomon's prayer. His wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, two women.
CONCLUSION: The wisdom of God is laid...
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1 Kings 3:1. _Solomon took Pharaoh's daughter._ It would appear from
the 45th Psalm, which the rabbins with one consent affirm, was the
nuptial ode for this marriage, that David had made arrangements...
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_Then came there two women._
THE TRUE MOTHER
I. That sin produces suffering. The two women who came for judgment to
Solomon were harlots; and the offsprings of their impurity were the
means by which...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 3:1 Although Solomon has displayed a worldly
kind of wisdom in his treatment of those who were a threat to him (1
Kings 2:6,...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 3:27 Through Solomon’s understanding of
human nature, he identifies the true mother. Israel realizes that THE
WISDOM OF GOD WAS IN HIM....
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 3:16. HARLOTS—The Rabbins derive זנוֹת from זוּן,
to feed, nourish; and the Targumist translates the word here, and in
Joshua 2:1, by פונדקן, pundekon, _hoste...
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EXPOSITION
IN this section we see how remarkably the gracious promise of Gibeon
(1 Kings 3:12) was fulfilled. The "understanding to discern judgment"
has been richly bestowed. And this, no doubt, is t...
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Now Solomon begins the gathering of wives of which it seemed had no
end.
He made an affinity with the Pharaoh of Egypt, and he took the
Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her to the city of David, until...
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1 Chronicles 29:24; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Kings
3:9;...
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Wisdom of God — Divine wisdom with which God had inspired him for
the government of his people....