1 Kings 3:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. ”

1 Kings 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gibeon - The transfer to Gibeon of the “tabernacle of the congregation,” and the brass “altar of burnt offerings” made by Moses, which were removed there from Nob (compare 1 Samuel 21:6 , with m...
1 Kings 3:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the king went to (d) Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that [was] the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. (d) For there the tabernacle was ( 2 Chronicles...
1 Kings 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
1 Kings 3:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
1 Kings 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, х...
1 Kings 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Gibeon. — The name itself, signifying “belonging to a hill,” indicates its position on the central plateau of Israel, in the land of Benjamin, whence rise several round hills, on one of which the t...
1 Kings 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Young King's Wise Choice 1 Kings 3:1-15 The chapter opens doubtfully. The affinity with Pharaoh, and the two onlys of 1 Kings 3:2-3 are not promising. See Deuteronomy 12:13-14 . Yet th...
1 Kings 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. The Reader will do well to compare the parallel h...
1 Kings 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there ,.... About four or five miles from Jerusalem; 1 Kings 2:28 ; for that [was] the great high place ; not that the place itself might be higher than o...
1 Kings 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that [was] the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. Ver. 4. And the king went to Gibeon. ] To seek Go...
1 Kings 3:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king went to Gibeon Because the tabernacle was there, and the great brazen altar which Moses made. For after Shiloh was destroyed, they were carried to Nob; and the priests being there slain by...
1 Kings 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon Marries Pharaoh's Daughter. B. C. 1014. 1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh...
1 Kings 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The great high place; the most eminent and frequented, because there was the tabernacle and the altar of Moses, 1 Chronicles 16:39 , 1 Chronicles 21:29 2 Chronicles 1:3,5,6 , which possibly w...
1 Kings 3:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE RULE OF WISDOM CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 3:1 . Pharaoh, king of Egypt —Probably Vaphres, but Winer suggests Psusennes. An alliance with so mighty a royal house shows that the...
1 Kings 3:4 - 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 3:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE BEGINNING OF SOLOMON 'S REIGN .—In the preceding chapter we have seen the establishment of Solomon's rule (verse 46) by the removal of internal foes, i.e; of disaffected...
1 Kings 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon at Gibeon
1 Kings 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 16:39 ; 1 Chronicles 21:29 ; 1 Kings 8:63 ; 1 Kings 9:2 ; 2 Chronicles 1:3 ; 2 Chronicles 1:6 ; 2 Chronicles 1:7-12 ; 2 Chronicles 29:32-35 ; 2 Chronicles 30:24 ; 2 Chronicles...

1 Kings 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 3:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 3:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 3:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 3:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 3:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 3:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 3:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 3:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 3:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 3:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 3:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 3:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 3:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge