“ And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. ”
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...
child . son. overlaid. One of the ten deaths occasioned by women. See note on Judges 4:21 .
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
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...
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...
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."...
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...
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...
(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...
And this woman's child died in the night ,.... Whether the same night following the day it was born is not certain; because she overlaid it ; or laid upon it, being heavy through sleep, and not kn...
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. Ver. 19. Because she overlaid it. ] And now she hath stolen my child; not that she careth for it, or grieveth for her own, but...
On the third day this woman was delivered also So that the children could not be distinguished by their age. No stranger was with us in the house Therefore there was no witness on either side; an...
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...
The Wisdom of Solomon. B. C. 1014. 16 Then came there two women, that were harlots,...
And so smothered it; which she justly conjectures, because there were evidences of that kind of death, but no appearance of any other cause thereof.
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 3:1 . 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...
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...
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...
Solomon's wise Decision
Overlaid it — And so smothered it: which she justly conjectures, because there were evidences of that kind of death, but no appearance of any other cause thereof.