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Verse 1 Kings 3:16. _THEN CAME THERE TWO WOMEN-HARLOTS_] The word
זנות _zonoth_, which we here, and in some other places, improperly
translate _harlots_, is by the Chaldee (the best judge in this cas...
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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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Solomon's judgement between the two harlots, and the effect produced
thereby (Not in Chronicles)
16. _Then came,_&c. We need not, any more than with τότε in the
New Test., consider -then" as indicati...
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THEN CAME THERE TWO WOMEN, &C.— See Judges 2:1 respecting the word
זנות _zonoth_ rendered _harlots._ Solomon knew at once, that the
only sign whereby to discover the true mother, would be her affectio...
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B. THE DEMONSTRATION OF HIS Wisdom 3:16-28
TRANSLATION
(16) Then two women, harlots, came unto the king, and stood before
him. (17) And the one woman said, O my lord the king, I and this woman
were s...
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_THEN CAME THERE TWO WOMEN, THAT WERE HARLOTS, UNTO THE KING, AND
STOOD BEFORE HIM._
Then came there two women. Eastern monarchs, who generally administer
justice in person-at least in all cases of d...
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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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THEN CAME THERE. — The celebrated “judgment of Solomon,” given
here as a specimen of his wisdom, is simply an instance of intuitive
sagacity, cutting the Gordian knot of hopeless difficulty by the
app...
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אָ֣ז תָּבֹ֗אנָה שְׁתַּ֛יִם נָשִׁ֥ים
זֹנֹ֖ות אֶל...
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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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A DISCERNING JUDGMENT
1 Kings 3:16
The incident gave convincing proof of the gift of wisdom. This is the
most esteemed endowment of an Eastern potentate, who is called upon to
arbitrate in cases that...
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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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_Harlots. Rather than simply, "innkeepers." (Chaldean) (Menochius) ---
The latter signification of Zona might, however, seem more natural; as
harlots seldom have children; or, at least, any affection...
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(16) В¶ Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king,
and stood before him. (17) And the one woman said, O my lord, I and
this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child w...
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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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THEN CAME THERE TWO WOMEN [THAT] WERE HARLOTS UNTO THE KING,.... The
same day, as Abarbinel thinks, the night before which the Lord had
appeared to Solomon; this came to pass through the providence of...
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_Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, unto the king, and
stood before him._
Ver. 16. _Then came there two women that were harlots._] Or rather
hostesses; for harlots would not have been so...
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_Two women that were harlots_ Or, _victuallers;_ for the Hebrew word
signifies both. Yet that they were unmarried persons seems probable,
both because there is no mention of any husbands, whose office...
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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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Solomon's wise Decision...
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Then came there two women that were harlots unto the king, and stood
before him, seeking a decision in a difficult case. The story is told
to show that God had actually endued Solomon with unusual wis...
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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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16-28 An instance of Solomon's wisdom is given. Notice the difficulty
of the case. To find out the true mother, he could not try which the
child loved best, and therefore tried which loved the child...
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HARLOTS, or, _victuallers_; for the Hebrew word signifies both. SEE
POOLE ON "JOSHUA 2:1". And possibly they might be both; this by their
open profession, and the other by their secret practice: not t...
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1 Kings 3:16 two H8147 women H802 harlots H2181 (H8802) came H935
(H8799) king H4428 stood H5975 ...
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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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_Then came there two women._
THE TRUE MOTHER
I. That sin produces suffering. The two women who came for judgment to
Solomon were harlots; and the offsprings of their impurity were the
means by which...
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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 3:16 TWO PROSTITUTES... STOOD BEFORE HIM.
The Israelite king represented the highest court of appeal.
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 3:16. HARLOTS—The Rabbins derive זנוֹת from זוּן,
to feed, nourish; and the Targumist translates the word here, and in
Joshua 2:1, by פונדקן, pundekon, _hoste...
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EXPOSITION
IN this section we see how remarkably the gracious promise of Gibeon
(1 Kings 3:12) was fulfilled. The "understanding to discern judgment"
has been richly bestowed. And this, no doubt, is t...
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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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Deuteronomy 23:17; Exodus 18:13; Exodus 18:16; Joshua 2:1; Judges
11:1;
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Harlots — Or, victuallers: for the Hebrew words signifies both. Yet
that they are unmarried persons, seems probable, both because there is
no mention of any husbands, whose office it was, if there wer...