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A striking illustration of that law of the divine government to which
Christ referred (marginal reference)....
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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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ANY. a man. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14....
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_so that there shall not be_ The Hebrew is precisely the same as in
the previous verse. Render therefore -so that there hath not been."
The translation of the A.V. is no doubt due to the words with wh...
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DISCOURSE: 330
SOLOMON’S CHOICE
1 Kings 3:11. 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...
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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 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 FO...
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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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וְ גַ֨ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא ־שָׁאַ֨לְתָּ֙
נָתַ֣תִּי...
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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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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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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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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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_Heretofore: 2 Paralipomenon (i. 12,) adds, nor after thee,
Ecclesiastes ii. 7.[i. 16.?] This is also limited by some to the kings
of that country. But the riches of Solomon were not exceeded by those...
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(10) And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this
thing. (11) And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing,
and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked ri...
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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 I HAVE ALSO GIVEN THEE THAT WHICH THOU HAST NOT ASKED,.... That
is, intended to give him, and now promised it, and was about to bestow
it on him:
BOTH RICHES AND HONOUR; the former through the pr...
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And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both
riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings
like unto thee all thy days.
Ver. 13. _Both riches and honour._] See...
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_I have given thee that which thou hast not asked_ Or rather, _I will
give thee_, as it is expressed in the parallel place, 2 Chronicles
1:12; _I_ will as certainly give them as if I had already actua...
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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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SOLOMON AT GIBEON...
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And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches
and honor, military prestige, SO THAT THERE SHALL NOT BE ANY AMONG THE
KINGS LIKE UNTO THEE ALL THY DAYS, he would be more renown...
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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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SHALL NOT BE:
Or, hath not been...
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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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I HAVE ALSO GIVEN; either, first, I have granted and decreed to give;
for words signifying action are oft put only for the purpose of the
action. Or rather, secondly, _I will give_, as it is expressed...
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1 Kings 3:13 given H5414 (H8804) asked H7592 (H8804) riches H6239
honor H3519 anyone H376 kings H4428 days...
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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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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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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 3:11 Solomon’s “wisdom” in ch. 1 Kings
2:1 was a self-serving kind. To be a good king, he will need a higher
kind of wisdom. The fear of the Lord is the true beginning of wisdo...
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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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1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 3:23; 1 Kings 10:23; 1 Kings 4:21;...