John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 3:17
And the one woman said ,.... Who was the plaintiff: O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house ; pointing to the defendant, who stood by her: and I was delivered of a child with her in the house ; she being present at the delivery, and she only, as it should seem. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 3:16-28
An instance is here given of Solomon's wisdom, to show that the grant lately made him had a real effect upon him. The proof is fetched, not from the mysteries of state and the policies of the council-board, though there no doubt he excelled, but from the trial and determination of a cause between party and party, which princes, though they devolve them upon their judges, must not think it below them to take cognizance of. Observe, I. The case opened, not by lawyers, but by the parties... read more