Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Kings 3:13
A striking illustration of that law of the divine government to which Christ referred (marginal reference).
A striking illustration of that law of the divine government to which Christ referred (marginal reference).
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...
ANY. a man. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14....
_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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
וְ גַ֨ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא ־שָׁאַ֨לְתָּ֙ נָתַ֣תִּי...
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...
_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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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,...
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...
SOLOMON AT GIBEON...
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,...
SHALL NOT BE: Or, hath not been...
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...
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...
1 Kings 3:13 given H5414 (H8804) asked H7592 (H8804) riches H6239 honor H3519 anyone H376 kings H4428 days...
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,...
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...
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 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 3:23; 1 Kings 10:23; 1 Kings 4:21;...
All thy days — Whereby he signifies that these gifts of God were not transient, as they were in Saul, but such as should abide with him whilst he lived....