1 Kings 3:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. ”

1 Kings 3:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, unto the king, and (k) stood before him. (k) By this example it appears that God kept his promise to Solomon in granting him wisdom.
1 Kings 3:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Kings 3:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. Then came there two women - harlots - The word זנות zonoth, which we here, and in some other places, improperly tr...
1 Kings 3:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
1 Kings 3:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. Then came there two women. Eastern monarchs, who generally administer justice in person-at least in all case...
1 Kings 3:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 endo...
1 Kings 3:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then came there. — The celebrated “judgment of Solomon,” given here as a specimen of his wisdom, is simply an instance of intuitive sagacity, cutting the Gordian knot of hopeless difficulty by the...
1 Kings 3:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE BOY-KING'S WISDOM 1 Kings 3:1-28 "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."...
1 Kings 3:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...
1 Kings 3:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Kings 3:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) В¶ Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. (17) And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child...
1 Kings 3:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then came there two women [that] were harlots unto the king ,.... The same day, as Abarbinel thinks, the night before which the Lord had appeared to Solomon; this came to pass through the providence...
1 Kings 3:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. Ver. 16. Then came there two women that were harlots. ] Or rather hostesses; for harlots would not have been...
1 Kings 3:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Two women that were harlots Or, victuallers; for the Hebrew word signifies both. Yet that they were unmarried persons seems probable, both because there is no mention of any husbands, whose offic...
1 Kings 3:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 Eg...
1 Kings 3:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Wisdom of Solomon. B. C. 1014. 16 Then came there two women, that were harlots,...
1 Kings 3:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Harlots, or, victuallers ; for the Hebrew word signifies both. See Poole on " Joshua 2:1 " . And possibly they might be both; this by their open profession, and the other by their secret practice...
1 Kings 3:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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, pundeko...
1 Kings 3:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 arrangemen...
1 Kings 3:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 wh...
1 Kings 3:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 d...
1 Kings 3:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then came there two women that were harlots unto the king, and stood before him, seeking a decision in a difficult case. The story is told to show that God had actually endued Solomon with unusual wi...
1 Kings 3:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 23:17 ; Exodus 18:13 ; Exodus 18:16 ; Joshua 2:1 ; Judges 11:1 ; Leviticus 19:29 ; Numbers 27:2
1 Kings 3:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Harlots — Or, victuallers: for the Hebrew words signifies both. Yet that they are unmarried persons, seems probable, both because there is no mention of any husbands, whose office it was, if there...

1 Kings 3:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 3:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 3:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 3:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 3:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 3:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 3:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 3:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 3:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 3:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 3:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 3:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 3:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 3:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 3:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 3:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 3:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 3:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 3:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 3:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 3:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes