Proverbs 25:8
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...
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. Divide the living child in two - This was apparen...
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...
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 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...
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...
a Discerning Judgment 1 Kings 3:16-28 The incident gave convincing proof of the gift of wisdom. This is the most esteemed endowment of an Easte...
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...
(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 d...
And the king said ,.... To one of his officers: divide the living child in two ; not that he meant it should be actually done, though it might at...
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. Ver. 25. Divide the living child in two. ] T...
The king said With seeming sincerity, though with a design far above the reach of the two women, or of the people present, who probably with horror...
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...
The Wisdom of Solomon. B. C. 1014. 1...
He said this with seeming sincerity and earnestly, though with a design far above the reach of the two women or of the people present, who probably w...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 3:16 . Harlots —The Rabbins derive זנוֹת from זוּן, to feed, nourish; and the Targumist translates the...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION IN this section we see how remarkably the gracious promise of Gibeon ( 1 Kings 3:12 ) was fulfilled. The "understanding to discern...
Solomon's wise Decision
And the king said, knowing that the real mother would be revealed now, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the othe...
Said — Though with a design far above the reach of the two women, or of the people present, who probably with horror expected the execution of it.
25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.