1 Kings 3 - Introduction
_SOLOMON MARRIES PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER: HE ASKS WISDOM FROM GOD; WHO PROMISES HIM MOREOVER RICHES AND HONOUR. HIS JUDGMENT BETWEEN THE TWO HARLOTS._ _Before Christ 1012._... [ Continue Reading ]
_SOLOMON MARRIES PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER: HE ASKS WISDOM FROM GOD; WHO PROMISES HIM MOREOVER RICHES AND HONOUR. HIS JUDGMENT BETWEEN THE TWO HARLOTS._ _Before Christ 1012._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SOLOMON MADE AFFINITY WITH PHARAOH— There are many who blame this action of Solomon's; observing, that whatever augmentation of power he might promise himself from this alliance, he certainly ran the hazard of having his religion corrupted. Others, however, have observed, that as the sacred Scri... [ Continue Reading ]
TO GIBEON—FOR THAT WAS THE GREAT HIGH PLACE— Of all the high places where the people sacrificed, Gibeon was _the great_ and celebrated one, because the _tabernacle_ and brazen altar were there. See 2 Chronicles 1:3. There is no reason to suppose, that the thousand sacrifices which Solomon is said to... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD APPEARED TO SOLOMON IN A DREAM— Sleep is like a state of death to the soul; wherein the senses are locked up, and the understanding and will deprived of the _free_ exercise of their functions. And yet this is no impediment to God in communicating his will to mankind: for, no doubt, he has p... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM BUT A LITTLE CHILD, &C.— It is plain that Solomon means here, that he was only a little child, a mere infant, in understanding and abilities, to guide and govern so great a people. See Psalms 131:2. Houbigant observes, that the phrase, ובא צאת _tseth vabo, to go out or come in,_ is not only a H... [ Continue Reading ]
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 affection and compassionate tenderness for her child; and therefore, in order to distinguish between the two... [ Continue Reading ]