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1 Kings 3:14

as thy father David did walk We are not to draw from words like these an approval by God of all David's life, but only that his heart was right towards God for the most part, and his repentance sincere for the sins into which he fell.

I will lengthen thy days Not only shall the king's life be made prosperous, but God will add to his days if he be observant of His laws.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I WILL LENGTHEN THY DAYS - The promise here was only conditional. As the condition was not observed 1 Kings 11:1, the right to the promise was forfeited, and it was not fulfilled. Solomon can scarcely...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • 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 narrative in the LXX should be noticed. There are (_a_) a sta...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AS. according as. THY FATHER DAVID. Compare 1 Kings 15:5....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GO OUT OR COME IN] i.e. pursue the active life of a man in his prime: cp. Numbers 27:17; 1 Samuel 18:13; Deuteronomy 31:2. 9. Solomon's prayer exhibits (_a_) a strong sense of responsibility and a con...

  • 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 the use he made of the gift with which he was endowed...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WILL LENGTHEN. — In this promise only one point, “length of days,” is conditional; and it was not fulfilled. For though Solomon’s age at the time of death is not given, yet, as his reign is given as...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אִ֣ם ׀ תֵּלֵ֣ךְ בִּ דְרָכַ֗י לִ שְׁמֹ֤ר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • 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 statutes of his father David. However, there was the o...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Days. But this he forfeited. (Menochius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IF THOU WILT WALK IN MY WAYS,.... Prescribed and directed to in his word, TO KEEP MY STATUTES AND MY COMMANDMENTS; ceremonial, moral, and judicial: AS THY FATHER DAVID DID WALK; which Solomon hi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. Ver. 14. _And if thou wilt walk in my ways._] It hath been befo...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And if thou wilt walk in my ways, this last promise being given with a condition, TO KEEP MY STATUTES AND MY COMMANDMENTS, AS THY FATHER DAVID DID WALK, THEN I WILL LENGTHEN THY DAYS. This last promis...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    SOLOMON AT GIBEON...

  • Leslie 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. Israel had before escaped from the bondage of Egypt,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IF THOU WILT WALK IN MY WAYS: this caution God gives him, lest his great wisdom should make him proud, or careless, or presumptuous, as if he were out of all danger; and to oblige him to more care and...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 3:14 walk H3212 (H8799) ways H1870 keep H8104 (H8800) statutes H2706 commandments H4687 father H1 David...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _I will lengthen thy days._ LONG LIFE I get a good deal of comfort out of that promise, “with long life will I satisfy thee.” I don’t think that means a short life down here--seventy years, eighty ye...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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,...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 22:12; 1 Chronicles 22:13; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Kings 15:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And if — This caution God gives him, lest his wisdom should make him proud, careless, or presumptuous....

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