1 Kings 3:5

The Lord appeared unto Solomon in a dream - Compare the marginal references and Genesis 15:1; Genesis 28:12; Genesis 37:5.

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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 narr...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

dream. One of the twenty in Scripture. See note on Genesis 20:3 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream - This...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 wi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord appeared . — This direct communication to Solomon by a dream — standing in contrast with the indirect knowledge of the Lord’s will by David...
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 o...
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...
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...
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 sta...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(5) В¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. The Old Testament scriptures hold forth...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL? ‘And God said: Ask what I shall give thee.’ 1 Kings 3:5 Our ideal means that in which we most thoroughly believe as good...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night ,.... This was not a common natural dream, but an extraordinary, divine, and supernatural...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. Ver. 5. In Gibeon the Lord appeared, &c....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream As he had done to Jacob at Bethel, Genesis 28:13 ; and to others on different occasions, Genesis 20:3 ;...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Appearance to Solomon. B. C. 1014. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Quest. How could Solomon pray in his dream, or that prayer be acceptable to God, as this was, 1 Kings 3:10 ? Answ. The dreams of men are not...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 3:5 . In Gibson the Lord appeared to Solomon —Probably during this sacrificial festival. 1 Kings 3:7...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord appeared again to Solomon in a dream. Dreams indicate character Tell me your dreams, and I will read the riddle of your life. Tell me...
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 t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon at Gibeon
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, revealing himself in a vision; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee, for the prayer...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:14 ; 1 John 5:15 ; 1 Kings 9:2 ; 2 Chronicles 1:7-12 ; Genesis 28:12 ; Genesis 28:13 ; James 1:5 ; James 1:6 ; Job 33:14 ; Job 33:...

⁵ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 3:5

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 3:5