_AND SOLOMON MADE AFFINITY WITH PHARAOH KING OF EGYPT, AND TOOK
PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER, AND BROUGHT HER INTO THE CITY OF DAVID, UNTIL HE
HAD MADE AN END OF BUILDING HIS OWN HOUSE, AND THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,
AND THE WALL OF JERUSALEM ROUND ABOUT._
Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh. This was a royal tit... [ Continue Reading ]
_ONLY THE PEOPLE SACRIFICED IN HIGH PLACES, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO HOUSE
BUILT UNTO THE NAME OF THE LORD, UNTIL THOSE DAYS._
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_AND SOLOMON LOVED THE LORD, WALKING IN THE STATUTES OF DAVID HIS
FATHER: ONLY HE SACRIFICED AND BURNT INCENSE IN HIGH PLACES._
Solomon loved the Lord. This declaration, illustrated by what
follows, affords undoubted evidence of the young king's piety; nor is
the word "only," which prefaces the sta... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, х_ GIB`OWN_ (H1391), a
hill-city, standing on a hill (el-Jib).] The prominent distinction of
this place aros... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 in a dream. It was probably at
the close of this season, when his mind had been elevated into a high
state of religious fervour by the protracted services.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON SAID, THOU HAST SHEWED UNTO THY SERVANT DAVID MY FATHER
GREAT MERCY, ACCORDING AS HE WALKED BEFORE THEE IN TRUTH, AND IN
RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND IN UPRIGHTNESS OF HEART WITH THEE; AND THOU HAST
KEPT FOR HIM THIS GREAT KINDNESS, THAT THOU HAST GIVEN HIM A SON TO
SIT ON HIS THRONE, AS IT IS TH... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NOW, O LORD MY GOD, THOU HAST MADE THY SERVANT KING INSTEAD OF
DAVID MY FATHER: AND I AM BUT A LITTLE CHILD: I KNOW NOT HOW TO GO OUT
OR COME IN._
I am but a little child - not in age, because he had reached manhood
(1 Kings 2:9), and must have been at least 20 years old (Josephus
erroneously... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THY SERVANT IS IN THE MIDST OF THY PEOPLE WHICH THOU HAST CHOSEN,
A GREAT PEOPLE, THAT CANNOT BE NUMBERED NOR COUNTED FOR MULTITUDE._
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_AND THE SPEECH PLEASED THE LORD, THAT SOLOMON HAD ASKED THIS THING._
The speech pleased the Lord. It was Solomon's waking prayers that God
heard and requited; but the acceptance was signified in this vision.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SAID UNTO HIM, BECAUSE THOU HAST ASKED THIS THING, AND HAST
NOT ASKED FOR THYSELF LONG LIFE; NEITHER HAST ASKED RICHES FOR
THYSELF, NOR HAST ASKED THE LIFE OF THINE ENEMIES; BUT HAST ASKED FOR
THYSELF UNDERSTANDING TO DISCERN JUDGMENT;_
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_AND SOLOMON AWOKE; AND, BEHOLD, IT WAS A DREAM. AND HE CAME TO
JERUSALEM, AND STOOD BEFORE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD, AND
OFFERED UP BURNT OFFERINGS, AND OFFERED PEACE OFFERINGS, AND MADE A
FEAST TO ALL HIS SERVANTS._
Behold, it was a dream. The vivid impression, the indelible
recollecti... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN CAME THERE TWO WOMEN, THAT WERE HARLOTS, UNTO THE KING, AND
STOOD BEFORE HIM._
Then came there two women. Eastern monarchs, who generally administer
justice in person-at least in all cases of difficulty-having their
seat in the gate of the city (Solomon afterward built "the porch of
judgment,... [ Continue Reading ]