1 Kings 3:4

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.

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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 remov...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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

Gibeon ] in the tribe of Benjamin ( Joshua 18:25 ). To sacrifice there ] in 2 Chronicles 13 it is stated that the Tabernacle of the congregation...
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, when...
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

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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

(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....
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...
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....
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 ca...
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

The great high place; the most eminent and frequented, because there was the tabernacle and the altar of Moses, 1 Chronicles 16:39 , 1 Chronicle...
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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon at Gibeon
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, in a great inauguration festival; for that was the great high place, the most important height in t...
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 Chronicl...

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.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 3:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 3:4