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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...
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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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AS. according as.
THY FATHER DAVID. Compare 1 Kings 15:5....
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_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 sinc...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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וְ אִ֣ם ׀ תֵּלֵ֣ךְ בִּ דְרָכַ֗י לִ
שְׁמֹ֤ר
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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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_Days. But this he forfeited. (Menochius)_...
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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 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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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_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...
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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 Chronicles 22:12; 1 Chronicles 22:13; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Kings
15:5;...
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And if — This caution God gives him, lest his wisdom should make him
proud, careless, or presumptuous....