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 escape from such a judge.
the wisdom of God i.e. Wisdom which God had given, and which made the king skilful in trying the very thoughts of those who came before him. A superhuman discernment had taken up its home within him.
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...
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...
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...
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...
WISDOM OF GOD. Divine wisdom. Genitive of Character. See App-17, and compare note on 1 Kings 3:9 above....
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...
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...
3:28 justice. (a-31) _ Mishpat_ , same word as for 'judgment,' in this verse and elsewhere....
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...
THE WISDOM OF GOD] Solomon's wisdom was divine not only in its source but in its quality....
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...
וַ יִּשְׁמְע֣וּ כָל ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶת ־הַ מִּש
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...
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...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
_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., _...
_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...
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,...
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged, the decision which he had rendered in this difficult case; AND THEY FEARED THE KING, they were filled with respect and awe of his wisdom...
Solomon's wise Decision...
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,...
IN HIM: _ Heb._ in the midst of him...
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...
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...
1 Kings 3:28 Israel H3478 heard H8085 (H8799) judgment H4941 king H4428 rendered H8199 (H8804) feared H3372 ...
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...
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...
_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...
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 29:24; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Kings 3:9;...
Wisdom of God — Divine wisdom with which God had inspired him for the government of his people....