1 Kings 3:26 NIV

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 3:1-28

THE BOY-KING’S WISDOM1 Kings 3:1-28"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 20:8"Ch’ei fu Re, che chiese senno Accioche Re sufficiente fosse." DANTE, Parad., 13:95."Deos ipsos precor ut mihi ad finem usque vitae quietam et intelligentem humani divinique juris mentem duint."-TAC., Ann., 4:38.IT would have thrown an interesting light on the character and development of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Kings 3:1-28

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 3:2-4 ) 3. Jehovah appears to Solomon (1 Kings 3:5-15 ) 4. The wisdom granted and exemplified (1 Kings 3:16-28 ) We shall now see how the Lord kept His promise He made unto David in the establishment of his kingdom. After the execution of the demanded judgment Solomon entered into affinity with Pharaoh King of Egypt... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 3:26

3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living child [was] unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and {n} in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide [it].(n) Her motherly affection appears in that she would rather endure the rigor of the law than see her child cruelly slain. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 3:1-28

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, a type of the world in its independence of God. Believers are warned not to be friends with the world (James 4:4), for such friendship is actually enmity against God. This friendship of Solomon then went farther still in his being married to a daughter of Pharaoh. Such laxity of conscience did... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 3:1-28

SOLOMON ’S GREATNESS AND WISDOM HIS EGYPTIAN ALLIANCE (1 Kings 3:1-4 ) It is disappointing at the beginning to speak of that which betokens neither greatness nor wisdom on Solomon’s part, looking at it from the highest point of view. This marriage with a heathen wife was contrary to the law of God (Exodus 34:16 ); and while it was entered into for political reasons, and to strengthen Israel’s hands, yet in the end it weakened them, as Israel came to trust in Pharaoh more than Jehovah. And... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Kings 3:1-28

Solomon's Character 1Ki 3:3 WHICH of these elements will conquer at the last? The sentence is divided into two parts. There is only a semicolon between the one part and the other, so far as its typographical relation is concerned; but the two parts are wide asunder morally as far as the east is from the west. In which part of the sentence will Solomon die? This is a question which concerns every man; for the same sentence may be employed in describing the character of most of those who have... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Kings 3:16-27

(16) ¶ 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 with her in the house. (18) And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. (19) And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. (20) And... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 3:16-28

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 best: the mother's sincerity will be tried, when the child is in danger. Let parents show their love to their children, especially by taking care of their souls, and snatching them as brands out of the burning. By this and other instances of the wisdom with which God endued him, Solomon had great... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Kings 3:16-28

Solomon's wise Decision v. 16. 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 wisdom. v. 17. And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. v. 18. And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered that this woman was delivered also, the two babies thus... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Kings 3:1-28

SECOND SECTIONThe Beginning Of Solomon’s Reign1 Kings 3:1 to 1 Kings 5:14A.—Solomon’s marriage, solemn sacrifice and prayer; first judicial decision1 Kings 3:1-281And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord [Jehovah], and the wall 2[walls] of Jerusalem round about. Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built... read more