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1 Kings 3:1 open_in_new
affinity. relationship by marriage.
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1 Kings 3:2 open_in_new
Only. May imply regret rather than censure. Compare 1 Kings 15:14, &c.
in high places. Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 12:14; Deuteronomy 12:26; Deuteronomy 12:27, not obeyed since Jehovah had forsaken Shiloh. Compare Psalms 78:60; Psalms 78:67-69; Jeremiah 7:12-14.
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1 Kings 3:3 open_in_new
statutes of David. Contrast "the statutes of Omri" (Micah 6:16), and"statutes of the heathen" (2 Kings 17:8).
high places. Not necessarily idolatrous (see note on 1 Kings 3:2, and compare 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 21:29; 2 Chronicles 1:3; 2 Chronicles 1:13), though perhaps copied from Canaanites. Practice too deeply rooted for even Asa and Hezekiah to remove. Josiah it was who finally desecrated them. Anglo-Saxon. Hoes. Gibeon. a high place, where the Tabernacle was. Compare Joshua 9:3; 2 Samuel 2:12; 2 Samuel 2:13.
offer. offer up. See App-43.
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1 Kings 3:5 open_in_new
dream. One of the twenty in Scripture. See note on Genesis 20:3. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
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1 Kings 3:6 open_in_new
said: i.e. in his sleep. Compare 1 Kings 3:15. See note on Psalms 127:2.
mercy. grace, or lovingkindness.
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1 Kings 3:7 open_in_new
a little child. In his father's eyes. "wise man" (1 Kings 2:6; 1 Kings 2:9).
I know not. I shall not know. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and know not", indicating the Figure of speech Polysyndeton here, and in the following verses. App-6.
to go out or come in. Compare Numbers 27:17. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part). App-6. Put for whole manner of life.
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1 Kings 3:9 open_in_new
Give. Compare 2 Chronicles 1:10.
understanding. hearing. Solomon began by asking wisdom from God. Rehoboam (his son) began by asking counsel from man (1 Kings 12:6; 1 Kings 12:8).
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1 Kings 3:12 open_in_new
like thee. Supply Figure of speech Ellipsis, by adding "among the kings" from 1 Kings 3:13 with 1 Kings 10:23.
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1 Kings 3:13 open_in_new
any. a man. Hebrew. ish. App-14.
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1 Kings 3:14 open_in_new
as. according as.
thy father David. Compare 1 Kings 15:5.
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1 Kings 3:15 open_in_new
offered. prepared. See App-43. Showing that the Ceremonial Law was in writing before the days of Solomon, and not. later production, as asserted and assumed by some.
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1 Kings 3:18 open_in_new
there was no stranger. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and there was no stranger".
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1 Kings 3:19 open_in_new
child. son.
overlaid. One of the ten deaths occasioned by women. See note on Judges 4:21.
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1 Kings 3:22 open_in_new
spake. talked [very much]. Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6), to be supplied.
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1 Kings 3:26 open_in_new
said. kept on saying.
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1 Kings 3:28 open_in_new
wisdom of God. Divine wisdom. Genitive of Character. See App-17, and compare note on 1 Kings 3:9 above.