“ And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. ”
And the king said, (m) Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. (m) Unless God gives judges understanding, the impudency of the trespasser will overthrow the just cause of the inn...
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...
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
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 the king said, bring me a sword ,.... The design of which might not at first appear to the court, and it might be thought strange, and greatly wondered at: what should be the meaning of it: an...
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. Ver. 24. Bring me a sword. ] For what purpose? thought the standers by; wondering and perhaps laughing within themsel...
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,...
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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