In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, revealing himself in a vision; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee, for the prayer connected with the great sacrifice had pleaded for divine assistance in the work of his government.
Verse 1 Kings 3:5. _THE LORD APPEARED TO SOLOMON IN A DREAM_] This was the night after he had offered the sacrifices, (see 2 Chronicles 1:7), and probably after he had earnestly prayed for wisdom; se...
THE LORD APPEARED UNTO SOLOMON IN A DREAM - Compare the marginal references and Genesis 15:1; Genesis 28:12; Genesis 37:5....
2. JEHOVAH APPEARS TO SOLOMON HIS PRAYER AND THE ANSWER CHAPTER 3 _ 1. Affinity with Pharaoh and Pharaoh's daughter (1 Kings 3:1)_ 2. Solomon loved the LORD (1 Kings 3:2) 3. Jehovah appears to Sol...
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 narrative in the LXX should be noticed. There are (_a_) a sta...
DREAM. One of the twenty in Scripture. See note on Genesis 20:3. God. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
God appears to Solomon in a dream at Gibeon (2 Chronicles 1:7-13) 5. _In Gibeon_ The narrative which follows shews that God accepted the sacrifice of the king, though from want of a proper temple, it...
THE LORD APPEARED TO SOLOMON IN A DREAM— Sleep is like a state of death to the soul; wherein the senses are locked up, and the understanding and will deprived of the _free_ exercise of their functions...
I. THE ENDOWMENT OF THIS KING 3:4-28 Solomon is popularly known as the wisest man who ever lived. This section provides (1) an explanation of Solomon's wisdom (1 Kings 3:4-15); and (2) a demonstratio...
_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,...
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 use he made of the gift with which he was endowed...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 3 GOD SPEAKS TO SOLOMON V1 Solomon made an agreement with Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Solomon married Pharaoh’s daughter. Solomon brough...
THE LORD APPEARED. — This direct communication to Solomon by a dream — standing in contrast with the indirect knowledge of the Lord’s will by David through the prophets Nathan and Gad (2 Samuel 7:2; 2...
בְּ גִבְעֹ֗ון נִרְאָ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶל ־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה...
THE BOY-KING'S WISDOM 1 Kings 3:1 "An oracle is upon the lips of a king."- Proverbs 16:10 (Hebrews). "A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eye."- Proverbs...
THE YOUNG KING'S WISE CHOICE 1 Kings 3:1 The chapter opens doubtfully. The affinity with Pharaoh, and the two _onlys_ of 1 Kings 3:2 are not promising. See Deuteronomy 12:13. Yet there were hopeful f...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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 statutes of his father David. However, there was the o...
_In a prophetic dream, or ecstasy. His mind had been so filled with the desire of wisdom, that the same thoughts recurred to him while he slept; and, as he had entertained them voluntarily before, he...
(5) В¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. The Old Testament scriptures hold forth to us many examples of this kind, of the Lord's app...
The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people desi...
_WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL?_ ‘And God said: Ask what I shall give thee.’ 1 Kings 3:5 Our ideal means that in which we most thoroughly believe as good and worth having, that which we consider to be the tru...
But there is another element in the history of the king of glory, in which he oversteps the limits of the king of Israel's legitimate position; he allies himself with the Gentiles, and marries Pharaoh...
IN GIBEON THE LORD APPEARED TO SOLOMON IN A DREAM BY NIGHT,.... This was not a common natural dream, but an extraordinary, divine, and supernatural one, a prophetic dream, a night vision, such as God...
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. Ver. 5. _In Gibeon the Lord appeared, &c._] Solomen worshippeth God by day: God appeareth to him...
_The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream_ As he had done to Jacob at Bethel, Genesis 28:13; and to others on different occasions, Genesis 20:3; Genesis 26:24. Sleep is like a state of death to the sou...
1 Solomon marieth Pharaohs daughter. 2 Hie places being in vse, Solomon sacrificeth at Gibeon. 5 Solomon at Gibeon, in the choice which God gaue him, preferring wisedome, obtaineth wisedome, riches,...
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. Israel had before escaped from the bondage of Egypt,...
5-15 Solomon's dream was not a common one. While his bodily powers were locked up in sleep, the powers of his soul were strengthened; he was enabled to receive the Divine vision, and to make a suitab...
QUEST. How could Solomon pray in his dream, or that prayer be acceptable to God, as this was, 1 KINGS 3:10 ? ANSW. The dreams of men are not such insignificant things as many imagine. That good dreams...
1 Kings 3:5 Gibeon H1391 LORD H3068 appeared H7200 (H8738) Solomon H8010 dream H2472 night H3915 God H430 said...
CONTENTS: Alliance of Solomon and Pharoah. Marriage with Pharoah's daughter. Loses at Gibeon. Solomon's prayer. His wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, two women. CONCLUSION: The wisdom of God is laid...
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 for this marriage, that David had made arrangements...
_The Lord appeared again to Solomon in a dream._ DREAMS INDICATE CHARACTER Tell me your dreams, and I will read the riddle of your life. Tell me your prayers, and I will write the history of a soul....
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 3:1 Although Solomon has displayed a worldly kind of wisdom in his treatment of those who were a threat to him (1 Kings 2:6,...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 3:5. IN GIBSON THE LORD APPEARED TO SOLOMON—Probably during this sacrificial festival. 1 Kings 3:7. A LITTLE CHILD: נַעַר קָטּן a weak boy; but it is an error...
EXPOSITION THE BEGINNING OF SOLOMON'S REIGN.—In the preceding chapter we have seen the establishment of Solomon's rule (verse 46) by the removal of internal foes, _i.e; _of disaffected and rebellious...
Now Solomon begins the gathering of wives of which it seemed had no end. He made an affinity with the Pharaoh of Egypt, and he took the Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her to the city of David, until...
1 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15; 1 Kings 9:2; 2 Chronicles 1:7; Genesis 28:12