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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 3:4

Gibeon - The transfer to Gibeon of the “tabernacle of the congregation,” and the brass “altar of burnt offerings” made by Moses, which were removed there from Nob (compare 1 Samuel 21:6, with marginal references “i,” “k”), had made it “the great high-place,” more sacred, i. e., than any other in the holy land, unless it were Mount Zion where the ark had been conveyed by David. For the position of Gibeon, see Joshua 9:3 note.A thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer - Solomon presented the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 3:2

1 Kings 3:2. Only the people sacrificed in high places Which were groves, or other convenient places upon hills. In such places the patriarchs had been wont to offer up their worship, and sacrifices to God; and from them this custom was derived both to the Gentiles and the Jews; and in them the Gentiles sacrificed to idols, and the Hebrews to the true God. But this custom was expressly forbidden by God to his people, except in some extraordinary cases, and they were commanded to offer their... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 3:3

1 Kings 3:3. And Solomon loved Or, Yet he loved, the Lord Although he miscarried in the matter of high places, yet, in the general, his heart was right with God. Walking in the statutes According to the statutes or commands of God, which are here called the statutes of David; not only because they were diligently practised by David, but also because the observation of them was so earnestly pressed upon Solomon, and fortified with David’s authority and command. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 3:4

1 Kings 3:4. The king went to Gibeon Because the tabernacle was there, and the great brazen altar which Moses made. For after Shiloh was destroyed, they were carried to Nob; and the priests being there slain by Saul, they were removed to Gibeon, 2 Chronicles 1:3-6. That was the great high place The most eminent and frequented; and, possibly, was a high and raised ground. A thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer This undoubtedly includes the peace-offerings which were killed and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 3:1-28

Solomon’s wisdom (3:1-28)David’s power had come through war and conquest; Solomon’s came through clever commercial and political agreements with neighbouring countries. Solomon gave impressive public display of his loyalty to God, but he ignored God’s warnings when he saw advantages to be gained through foreign alliances. His marriage to the daughter of Pharaoh guaranteed peace for Israel in a region where Egypt was the chief power, but it probably required Solomon to pay respect to Egypt’s... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 3:2

Only. May imply regret rather than censure. Compare 1 Kings 15:14 , &c. in high places. Deuteronomy 12:11 , Deuteronomy 12:14 , Deuteronomy 12:26 , Deuteronomy 12:27 , not obeyed since Jehovah had forsaken Shiloh. Compare Psalms 78:60 , Psalms 78:67-69 . Jeremiah 7:12-14 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 3:3

statutes of David. Contrast "the statutes of Omri" (Micah 6:16 ), and"statutes of the heathen" (2 Kings 17:8 ). high places. Not necessarily idolatrous (see note on 1 Kings 3:2 , and compare 1 Chronicles 16:39 ; 1 Chronicles 21:29 . 2 Chronicles 1:3 , 2 Chronicles 1:13 ), though perhaps copied from Canaanites. Practice too deeply rooted for even Asa and Hezekiah to remove. Josiah it was who finally desecrated them. Anglo-Saxon = Hoes. Gibeon = a high place, where the Tabernacle was. Compare... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 3:4

GOD APPEARED TO SOLOMON IN A DREAM"And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness according as he walked before thee in truth, and righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 3:4

1 Kings 3:4. To Gibeon—for that was the great high place— Of all the high places where the people sacrificed, Gibeon was the great and celebrated one, because the tabernacle and brazen altar were there. See 2 Chronicles 1:3. There is no reason to suppose, that the thousand sacrifices which Solomon is said to have made here, were offered in one day. The king, we may imagine, upon one of the great festivals, went in procession with his nobles to pay his devotion in Gibeon. Each of the great... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 3:3

3. And Solomon loved the Lord—This declaration, illustrated by what follows, affords undoubted evidence of the young king's piety; nor is the word "only," which prefaces the statement, to be understood as introducing a qualifying circumstance that reflected any degree of censure upon him. The intention of the sacred historian is to describe the generally prevailing mode of worship before the temple was built. The high places were altars erected on natural or artificial eminences, probably from... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 3:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 3:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 3:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 3:4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 3:1-28

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 3:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 3:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 3:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 3:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 3:3

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