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Solomon determined to inaugurate his reign by a grand religious
ceremonial at each of the two holy places which at this time divided
between them the reverence of the Jews. Having completed the religi...
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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...
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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...
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OFFERED. prepared. See App-43. Showing that the Ceremonial Law was in
writing before the days of Solomon, and not. later production, as
asserted and assumed by some....
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_behold it was a dream_ So of Pharaoh (Genesis 41:7). This expression
does not imply, as at first sight might be supposed, that the vision
was something illusory and not to be trusted to. On the contr...
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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...
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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...
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3:15 Jehovah, (c-24) Some read 'the Lord.' offered (d-30) 'Did.' as
Deuteronomy 12:27 , &c....
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THE ARK OF THE COVENANT] This had been placed by David in a tent at
Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:12). Solomon fitly inaugurated his reign by acts
of religious worship at his capital as well as at Gibeon (1 K...
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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...
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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...
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STOOD BEFORE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, in its Tabernacle on Mount Sion,
which now constituted a second, and probably still more sacred, place
of worship. The great sacrifice — now distinctly a thank-of...
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וַ יִּקַ֥ץ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה וְ הִנֵּ֣ה
חֲלֹ֑ום וַ
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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...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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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...
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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...
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And Solomon awoke; and, behold, [it was] (i) 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 m...
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_Dream. Sent by God, as [in] Genesis xli. 1. (Calmet)_...
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(15) 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 ma...
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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...
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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...
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AND SOLOMON AWOKE, AND, BEHOLD, [IT WAS] A DREAM,.... Not that it was
nothing but a dream, a natural one, a vain and empty one, but a divine
and supernatural one, a dream of prophecy, as the Jews call...
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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...
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_Behold, it was a dream_ He perceived that it was a dream; not a vain
dream, such as those wherewith men are commonly deluded, but a divine
dream, assuring him of the things promised, which he knew, b...
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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,...
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And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream, there could be no
question of its being divinely sent. AND HE CAME TO JERUSALEM, AND
STOOD BEFORE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD, the visible token...
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SOLOMON AT GIBEON...
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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,...
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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...
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IT WAS A DREAM, i.e. he perceived that it was a dream; not a vain
dream, wherewith men are commonly deluded; but a Divine knew, dream,
assuring him of the thing; which he partly by a Divine impression...
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1 Kings 3:15 Solomon H8010 awoke H3364 (H8799) dream H2472 came H935
(H8799) Jerusalem H3389 stood H5975 ...
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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...
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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...
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_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....
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DAY-DREAMS
And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. 1 Kings 3:15.
Have you ever dreamt dreams? I expect most of you have. And odd things
some of them were! If you want to find the cause of th...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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A dream — Not a vain dream, wherewith men are commonly deluded; but
a divine dream, assuring him of the thing: which he knew, by a divine
impression after he was awakened: and by the vast alteration w...