1 Kings 3:2

1 Chronicles 17:4-6; 1 Chronicles 28:3-6; 1 Kings 22:43; 1 Kings 5:3; 2 Chronicles 33:17; Acts 7:47-49; Deuteronomy 12:2-5; Leviticus 17:3-6; Leviticus 26:30

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 3:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The word “only” introduces a contrast. The writer means to say that there was one exception to the flourishing condition of things which he has bee...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Only the people sacrificed in (b) high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. (b) Where altars were a...
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

Only. May imply regret rather than censure. Compare 1 Kings 15:14 , &c. in high places. Deuteronomy 12:11 ; Deuteronomy 12:14 ; Deuteron...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. The people sacrificed in hig...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. No JFB commentary on...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

High places ] Both the Canaanites (see Numbers 33:52 ; Deuteronomy 12:2 ) and the early Israelites (see 1 Samuel 9:12 ; 2 Samuel 15:30 ; 2 Samu...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In high places . — The historian, writing from the point of view of his own time, when, after the solemn consecration of the Temple, the worship at...
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

(2) Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. This sacrificing on hig...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Only the people sacrificed in high places ,.... On the tops of their houses, on hills and mountains, and particularly at the high place in Gibeon, w...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. Ver. 2. Only the people s...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Only the people sacrificed in high places Which were groves, or other convenient places upon hills. In such places the patriarchs had been wont to...
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

Solomon Marries Pharaoh's Daughter. B. C. 1014....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Only: this particle is used here and 1 Kings 3:3 , as an exception to Solomon's integrity and glory, and as his infirmity, and a blemish to his...
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 al...
Scofield Reference Notes

high places Compare ( Leviticus 26:30 ); ( Deuteronomy 12:11-14 ). The use of commanding elevations for altars seems to have been immemoria...
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 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

Only the people sacrificed in high places, against the spirit of the Law, Deuteronomy 12:2-5 , because there was no house built unto the name of th...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Only — This particle is used here, and 1 Kings 3:3 , as an exception to Solomon's integrity and as a blemish to his government, That he himself bo...

² Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 3:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

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

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Kings 3:2