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Verse 1 Kings 3:5. _THE LORD APPEARED TO SOLOMON IN A DREAM_] This
was the night after he had offered the sacrifices, (see 2 Chronicles
1:7), and probably after he had earnestly prayed for wisdom; se...
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THE LORD APPEARED UNTO SOLOMON IN A DREAM - Compare the marginal
references and Genesis 15:1; Genesis 28:12; Genesis 37:5....
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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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God appears to Solomon in a dream at Gibeon (2 Chronicles 1:7-13)
5. _In Gibeon_ The narrative which follows shews that God accepted the
sacrifice of the king, though from want of a proper temple, it...
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THE LORD APPEARED TO SOLOMON IN A DREAM— Sleep is like a state of
death to the soul; wherein the senses are locked up, and the
understanding and will deprived of the _free_ exercise of their
functions...
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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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_IN GIBEON THE LORD APPEARED TO SOLOMON IN A DREAM BY NIGHT: AND GOD
SAID, ASK WHAT I SHALL GIVE THEE._
In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream. It was probably at
the close of this season,...
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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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THE LORD APPEARED. — This direct communication to Solomon by a dream
— standing in contrast with the indirect knowledge of the Lord’s
will by David through the prophets Nathan and Gad (2 Samuel 7:2; 2...
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בְּ גִבְעֹ֗ון נִרְאָ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶל
־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה...
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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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_In a prophetic dream, or ecstasy. His mind had been so filled with
the desire of wisdom, that the same thoughts recurred to him while he
slept; and, as he had entertained them voluntarily before, he...
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(5) В¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night:
and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
The Old Testament scriptures hold forth to us many examples of this
kind, of the Lord's app...
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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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_WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL?_
‘And God said: Ask what I shall give thee.’
1 Kings 3:5
Our ideal means that in which we most thoroughly believe as good and
worth having, that which we consider to be the tru...
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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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IN GIBEON THE LORD APPEARED TO SOLOMON IN A DREAM BY NIGHT,.... This
was not a common natural dream, but an extraordinary, divine, and
supernatural one, a prophetic dream, a night vision, such as God...
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In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God
said, Ask what I shall give thee.
Ver. 5. _In Gibeon the Lord appeared, &c._] Solomen worshippeth God by
day: God appeareth to him...
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_The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream_ As he had done to Jacob at
Bethel, Genesis 28:13; and to others on different occasions, Genesis
20:3; Genesis 26:24. Sleep is like a state of death to the sou...
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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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In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, revealing
himself in a vision; and God said, ASK WHAT I SHALL GIVE THEE, for the
prayer connected with the great sacrifice had pleaded for d...
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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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QUEST. How could Solomon pray in his dream, or that prayer be
acceptable to God, as this was, 1 KINGS 3:10 ? ANSW. The dreams of men
are not such insignificant things as many imagine. That good dreams...
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1 Kings 3:5 Gibeon H1391 LORD H3068 appeared H7200 (H8738) Solomon
H8010 dream H2472 night H3915 God H430 said...
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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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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 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15; 1 Kings 9:2; 2 Chronicles 1:7; Genesis 28:12