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Verse 1 Kings 3:12. _I HAVE GIVEN THEE A WISE AND AN UNDERSTANDING
HEART_] I have given thee a capacious mind, one capable of knowing
much: make a proper use of thy powers, under the direction of my...
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A WISE AND AN UNDERSTANDING HEART - Solomon’s wisdom seems to have
been both moral and intellectual (see 1 Kings 4:29). But it was moral
wisdom alone which he requested, and which was promised him. Th...
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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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LIKE THEE. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_, by adding "among the
kings" from 1 Kings 3:13 with 1 Kings 10:23....
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_according to thy words_ The Hebrew is singular, and there seems no
gain in the English plural.
_so that there was none_ It is more agreeable to the English idiom in
this sense to render -there HATH...
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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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הִנֵּ֥ה עָשִׂ֖יתִי כִּ דְבָרֶ֑יךָ
הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ 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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After thee. Solomon has given us some idea of his wisdom in the works
which he has left. They were dictated by the Holy Spirit, who adorned
his soul with so many graces, chap. iv. 29, 30. (Haydock) --...
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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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_AN UNSPEAKABLE GIFT_
‘Lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart.’
1 Kings 3:12
As He is wont, God gave Solomon more than he asked. There is a
difference between the favour that was s...
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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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Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a
wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee
before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
V...
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_Nor hast asked the life of thine enemies_ That God would take away
their lives, or put it into his power to destroy them. _Behold I have
done according to thy word_ I have granted, and do at this pre...
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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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behold, I have done according to thy words, heard his prayer. LO, I
HAVE GIVEN THEE A WISE AND AN UNDERSTANDING HEART, both in the
possession of great knowledge and in being able to penetrate into
dif...
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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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I HAVE DONE ACCORDING TO THY WORDS; I have granted, and do at this
present grant, unto thee thy desire. And accordingly at this time God
did infuse into him a far higher degree and greater measure of...
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1 Kings 3:12 done H6213 (H8804) words H1697 given H5414 (H8804) wise
H2450 understanding H995 (H8737) heart...
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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 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15; 1 Kings 10:23; 1 Kings 10:24; 1 Kings 10:3