Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Kings 4:29
Largeness of heart — Vastness of understanding, a most comprehensive knowledge of all things both Divine and human.
Largeness of heart — Vastness of understanding, a most comprehensive knowledge of all things both Divine and human.
Verse 1 Kings 4:29. _GOD GAVE SOLOMON WISDOM, C._] He gave him a capacious mind, and furnished him with extraordinary assistance to cultivate it. _EVEN AS THE SAND THAT_ IS _ON THE SEA-SHORE._] Lord...
LARGENESS OF HEART - What we call “great capacity.” The expression which follows is common in reference to numerical multitude 1 Kings 4:20, but its use here to express mere amplitude or greatness is...
3. SOLOMON'S PRINCES AND OFFICERS THE PROSPEROUS KINGDOM AND THE KING'S GREAT WISDOM CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The Princes (1 Kings 4:1)_ 2. The Officers (1 Kings 4:7) 3. The prosperous kingdom (1 Kings 4:20...
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...
EXCEEDING GREAT. very great....
The wisdom and fame of Solomon (Not in Chronicles) 29. _largeness of heart_ By this is meant a comprehensive powerful mind capable of grasping the knowledge of many and difficult subjects; poetry, ph...
LARGENESS OF HEART, EVEN AS THE SAND THAT IS ON THE SEA-SHORE— That is, says Calmet, as one cannot count the number of the sands of the sea, so neither could one comprehend the extent or the depth of...
C. SOLOMON'S PROFOUND WISDOM AND FAME 4:29-34 TRANSLATION (29) And God gave wisdom to Solomon and understanding exceedingly much and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is upon the seashore. (3...
_AND GOD GAVE SOLOMON WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING EXCEEDING MUCH, AND LARGENESS OF HEART, EVEN AS THE SAND THAT IS ON THE SEA SHORE._ Wisdom and understanding ... and largeness of heart - i:e., high pow...
LARGENESS OF HEART] i.e. great intellectual capacity: see on v. 1 Kings 3:9....
SOLOMON'S OFFICERS AND COURT 2. Azariah the son of Zadok] he was really the grandson of Zadok (1 Chronicles 6:8)....
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 4 SOLOMON’S PEACEFUL *KINGDOM This chapter shows how successful Solomon’s rule was. The country was wealthy. It was at peace. The farms...
WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING... AND LARGENESS OF HEART. — In this passage, “understanding,” which is high intellectual power, and “largeness of heart,” which is clearly capacity of knowledge, boundless as...
_[1 Kings 5:9]_ וַ יִּתֵּן֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים חָכְמָ֧ה לִ...
SOLOMON'S COURT AND KINGDOM 1 Kings 4:1. "But what more oft in nations grown corrupt And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous...
THE WISE KING'S GREAT PURPOSE 1 Kings 4:29; 1 Kings 5:1 David, before his death, had made great preparations for building the Temple, but had not been permitted to proceed with its construction. “Tho...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
Solomon set himself to a careful organization of his kingdom. The system of government as here set forth is characterized by order, and, indeed, is in many ways remarkable. The king was supreme in aut...
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and (k) largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore. (k) Meaning, great understanding and able to comprehend all thin...
_Hart; magnanimity, which pride often attempts to imitate, and is therefore designated by the same expression, Proverbs xxi. 4. The genius of Solomon was also most penetrating and comprehensive. (Calm...
(29) В¶ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. (30) And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the childr...
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...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 AND 5. Chapter 4 contains an enumeration of the officers who served Solomon, and upheld the glory of his throne; and then, the manner in which the whole co...
AND GOD GAVE SOLOMON WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING EXCEEDING MUCH,.... In things natural, moral, divine, and spiritual, and that not slight and superficial, but exceeding deep, and large beyond expression;...
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore. Ver. 29. _Even as the sand which is on the seashore._] Which as it t...
_God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much_ Knowledge of a great variety of things, and prudence in the administration of the government. _And largeness of heart_ Vastness of understand...
1 Solomons Princes. 7 His twelue Officers for prouision. 20.24 The peace and largenesse of his kingdome. 22 His daily prouision. 26 His stables. 29 His wisedome. 1 SO King Solomon was king ouer a...
And God, according to His promise, 1 Kings 3:12, GAVE SOLOMON WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING EXCEEDING MUCH AND LARGENESS OF HEART, sharpness of insight to comprehend conditions and to realize their relatio...
Solomon's Wisdom...
SOLOMON'S ADMINISTRATION (vs.1-19) In Solomon's time peace was established in a way not seen in David's day, for there was continual turmoil while David reigned. Now Solomon was undisputed king over...
29-34 Solomon's wisdom was more his glory than his wealth. He had what is here called largeness of heart, for the heart is often put for the powers of the mind. He had the gift of utterance, as well...
LARGENESS OF HEART, i.e. either, first, Magnanimity, or generosity, and greatness of spirit, whereby he was disposed and emboldened to undertake great things. But this seems not so well to suit with t...
CONTENTS: Princes and commissaries of Israel. Solomon's reign and wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: There is spiritual peace and joy and a holy security for all faithful subjects of God'...
1 Kings 4:16. _Two women that were harlots._ The Chaldaic paraphrase reads, “two women of the tabernacle.” It would be difficult for two common women to gain the royal ear. 1 Kings 4:30. _Solomon's wi...
_Largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore._ GRAINS OF SAND The image is very expressive. On the coast both of Palestine and Egypt--the regions with which the Bible writers were mo...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 4:29. WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING EXCEEDING MUCH—High powers of mind, and sharpness of perception. LARGENESS OF HEART—רֹחַב לֵב amplitude of soul, capacity for r...
EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S RULE, STATE, AND WISDOM.—The remainder of this chapter, which de-scribes to us the extent and character of Solomon's sway (1 Kings 4:20, 1 Kings 4:21,...
Now as we get into chapter four, we have listed here those princes that were prominent during the reign of Solomon, and then the twelve officers who were over all of Israel who provided the food for t...
1 Kings 10:23; 1 Kings 10:24; 1 Kings 3:12; 1 Kings 3:28; 1 Kings 4:20