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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

1 Kings 3:15

And Solomon awoke; and, behold, [it was] (i) a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

(i) He knew that God had appeared to him in a dream.

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See also 1 Kings 3:15 in other biblical comments:

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  • 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

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    OFFERED. prepared. See App-43. Showing that the Ceremonial Law was in writing before the days of Solomon, and not. later production, as asserted and assumed by some....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _behold it was a dream_ So of Pharaoh (Genesis 41:7). This expression does not imply, as at first sight might be supposed, that the vision was something illusory and not to be trusted to. On the contr...

  • 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 SOLOMON AWOKE; AND, BEHOLD, IT WAS A DREAM. AND HE CAME TO JERUSALEM, AND STOOD BEFORE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD, AND OFFERED UP BURNT OFFERINGS, AND OFFERED PEACE OFFERINGS, AND MADE A...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    3:15 Jehovah, (c-24) Some read 'the Lord.' offered (d-30) 'Did.' as Deuteronomy 12:27 , &c....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ARK OF THE COVENANT] This had been placed by David in a tent at Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:12). Solomon fitly inaugurated his reign by acts of religious worship at his capital as well as at Gibeon (1 K...

  • 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

    STOOD BEFORE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, in its Tabernacle on Mount Sion, which now constituted a second, and probably still more sacred, place of worship. The great sacrifice — now distinctly a thank-of...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּקַ֥ץ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה וְ הִנֵּ֣ה חֲלֹ֑ום וַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • 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

    _Dream. Sent by God, as [in] Genesis xli. 1. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (15) And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and ma...

  • 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 SOLOMON AWOKE, AND, BEHOLD, [IT WAS] A DREAM,.... Not that it was nothing but a dream, a natural one, a vain and empty one, but a divine and supernatural one, a dream of prophecy, as the Jews call...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Solomon awoke; and, behold, [it was] a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made...

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

    _Behold, it was a dream_ He perceived that it was a dream; not a vain dream, such as those wherewith men are commonly deluded, but a divine dream, assuring him of the things promised, which he knew, b...

  • 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 Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream, there could be no question of its being divinely sent. AND HE CAME TO JERUSALEM, AND STOOD BEFORE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD, the visible token...

  • 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

    IT WAS A DREAM, i.e. he perceived that it was a dream; not a vain dream, wherewith men are commonly deluded; but a Divine knew, dream, assuring him of the thing; which he partly by a Divine impression...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 3:15 Solomon H8010 awoke H3364 (H8799) dream H2472 came H935 (H8799) Jerusalem H3389 stood H5975 ...

  • 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

    _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 children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    DAY-DREAMS And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. 1 Kings 3:15. Have you ever dreamt dreams? I expect most of you have. And odd things some of them were! If you want to find the cause of th...

  • 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 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 16:1; 1 Chronicles 16:2; 1 Kings 8:63; 1 Kings 8:65;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A dream — Not a vain dream, wherewith men are commonly deluded; but a divine dream, assuring him of the thing: which he knew, by a divine impression after he was awakened: and by the vast alteration w...

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