Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
3 Kings (1 Kings) Chapter 3
Overview
Kg1 3:1, Solomon marries Pharaoh's daughter; Kg1 3:2, High places being in use, Solomon sacrifices at Gibeon; Kg1 3:5, Solomon at Gibeon, in the choice which God gave him, preferring wisdom, obtains wisdom, riches, and honour; Kg1 3:16, Solomon's judgment makes him renowned.
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and took: Kg1 7:8, Kg1 9:24, Kg1 11:1
his own: Kg1 7:1-12
the house: 1Kings 6:1-38, Kg1 7:13-15; 2Chr. 2:1-4:22; Ezr 5:11
the wall: Kg1 9:15-19
the people: It was not right to offer sacrifices in any place but where the tabernacle and ark were; and wherever they were, whether on a high place or a plain, sacrifices might be lawfully offered, previously to building of the temple. The tabernacle was now at Gibeon (Ch2 1:3), which was therefore called the great high place; whither we find Solomon, without censure, repaired to sacrifice. Kg1 22:43; Lev 17:3-6, Lev 26:30; Deu 12:2-5; Ch2 33:17
was no: Kg1 5:3; Ch1 17:4-6, Ch1 28:3-6; Act 7:47-49
loved: Deu 6:5, Deu 10:12, Deu 30:6, Deu 30:16, Deu 30:20; Sa2 12:24, Sa2 12:25; Psa 31:23; Mat 22:37; Mar 12:29, Mar 12:30; Rom 8:28; Co1 8:3; Jam 1:12, Jam 2:5; Jo1 4:19, Jo1 4:20, Jo1 5:2, Jo1 5:3
walking: Kg1 3:6, Kg1 3:14, Kg1 2:3, Kg1 2:4, Kg1 11:34, Kg1 15:3; Ch1 28:8, Ch1 28:9; Ch2 17:3-5; Joh 14:15, Joh 14:21
only he: Kg1 15:14, Kg1 22:43; Kg2 12:3, Kg2 14:4, Kg2 15:4, Kg2 15:35, Kg2 18:4, Kg2 18:22
Gibeon: Kg1 9:2; Jos 9:3, Jos 10:2; Ch1 16:39, Ch1 21:29; Ch2 1:3, Ch2 1:7-12
a thousand: Kg1 8:63; Ch2 1:6, Ch2 7:5, Ch2 29:32-35, Ch2 30:24; Isa 40:16; Mic 6:6, Mic 6:7
the Lord: Kg1 9:2
in a dream: Gen 28:12, Gen 28:13; Num 12:6; Job 33:14, Job 33:15; Mat 1:20, Mat 2:13, Mat 2:19
Ask what: Ch2 1:7-12; Mat 7:7, Mat 7:8; Mar 10:36, Mar 10:38-51, Mar 11:24; Joh 14:13, Joh 14:14, Joh 15:16; Jam 1:5, Jam 1:6; Jo1 5:14, Jo1 5:15
thy servant: Num 12:7; Sa2 7:5
great: Sa2 7:8-12, Sa2 12:7, Sa2 12:8, Sa2 22:47-51; Ch1 29:12-14; Psa 78:70-72
mercy: or, bounty, Psa 13:6, Psa 116:7, Psa 119:17; Co2 9:5, Co2 9:11
according: Kg1 2:4, Kg1 9:4, Kg1 15:5; Kg2 20:3; Psa 15:2, Psa 18:20-24
that: Kg1 1:48
thou hast: Dan 2:21, Dan 4:25, Dan 4:32, Dan 5:18, Dan 5:21
a little: Ch1 29:1; Job 32:6-8; Ecc 10:16; Jer 1:6; Mat 18:3, Mat 18:4
to go: Num 27:17; Deu 31:2; Sa1 18:16; Sa2 5:2; Psa 121:8; Joh 10:3, Joh 10:4, Joh 10:9
thy people: Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6; Deu 7:6-8; Sa1 12:22; Psa 78:71
cannot: Gen 13:16, Gen 15:5, Gen 22:17; Ch1 21:2, Ch1 21:5, Ch1 21:6, Ch1 27:23, Ch1 27:24
Give therefore: Ch1 22:12, Ch1 29:19; Ch2 1:10; Psa 119:34, Psa 119:73, Psa 119:144; Pro 2:3-9, Pro 3:13-18; Pro 16:16; Jam 1:5, Jam 3:17
understanding: Heb. hearing, Pro 20:12
to judge: Kg1 3:28; Psa 72:1, Psa 72:2; Pro 14:8; Ecc 7:11, Ecc 7:19, Ecc 9:15-18; Joh 5:30
discern: Sa2 14:17; Isa 11:2-4; Co1 2:14, Co1 2:15; Eph 5:17; Phi 1:10 *Gr: Heb 5:14
who is able: Exo 3:11, Exo 3:12, Exo 4:10-13; Jer 1:6; Mat 3:11, Mat 3:14; Co2 2:16, Co2 3:5
pleased: Pro 15:8
hast not: Psa 4:6; Pro 16:31; Mat 20:21, Mat 20:22; Rom 8:26; Jam 4:2, Jam 4:3
long life: Heb. many days
discern: Heb. hear, Kg1 3:9 *marg.
I have done: Psa 10:17; Isa 65:24; Rom 8:26, Rom 8:27; Jo1 5:14, Jo1 5:15
I have given: Kg1 3:28, Kg1 2:6, Kg1 2:9, Kg1 4:29-34, Kg1 5:12, Kg1 10:3-8, Kg1 10:23, Kg1 10:24; Ch2 1:11, Ch2 1:12, Ch2 2:12, Ch2 9:5-8; Ecc 1:13, Ecc 1:16; Luk 21:15
And I: Psa 84:11, Psa 84:12; Mat 6:33; Rom 8:32; Co1 3:22, Co1 3:23; Eph 3:20
riches: Kg1 4:21-24, Kg1 10:23-29; Pro 3:16
shall not be: or, hath not been
if thou: Kg1 2:3, Kg1 2:4; Ch1 22:12, Ch1 22:13, Ch1 28:9; Ch2 7:17-19; Psa 132:12; Zac 3:7
as thy: Kg1 3:3, Kg1 9:4, Kg1 9:5, Kg1 15:5; Ch2 17:3, Ch2 17:4, Ch2 29:2, Ch2 34:2; Act 13:22
I will lengthen: Deu 5:16, Deu 25:15; Psa 21:4, Psa 91:16; Pro 3:2, Pro 3:16; Ti1 4:8
before: Sa2 6:17; Ch1 16:1, Ch1 16:2
peace offerings: Kg1 8:63, Kg1 8:65; Lev. 3:1-17, Lev 7:11-19; Sa2 6:18, Sa2 6:19; Ch2 7:5, Ch2 7:7-10, Ch2 30:22-26
a feast: Gen 31:54, Gen 40:20; Est 1:3; Dan 5:1; Mar 6:21
two women: Lev 19:29; Deu 23:17; Jos 2:1
harlots: The word zanoth, rendered harlots, is here translated by the Targumist, the best judge in this case, pundekon, "tavern-keepers." See note on Jos 2:1, and see note on Jdg 11:1. Had these women been harlots, it is not likely that they would have dared to appear before Solomon; nor is it likely that such persons would have been permitted in the reign of David. Their husbands might at this time have been following their necessary occupations in distant parts.
stood: Exo 18:13, Exo 18:16; Num 27:2
O my lord: Gen 43:20; Rom 13:7
midnight: Job 24:13-17; Psa 139:11; Mat 13:25; Joh 3:20
took: Kg1 3:21
give: Gen 21:7; Sa1 1:23; Lam 4:3, Lam 4:4
Divide: This was apparently a very strange decision; but Solomon saw that the only way to discover the real mother was by the affection and tenderness should would necessarily shew to her offspring. The plan was tried, and succeeded; and it was a proof of his sound judgment, penetration, and acquaintance with the human heart, or rather, of his extraordinary and supernatural wisdom. See note on Kg1 3:28. The two following instances are in some faint manner to be compared to Solomon's decision, inasmuch as they also work upon the human sympathies. Suetonius, in his Life of the emperor Claudian, tells us, that this emperor discovered a woman to be the real mother of a young man, whom she refused to acknowledge, by commanding her to marry him, the proofs being doubtful on both sides; for, rather than commit incest, she confessed the truth. Diodorus Siculus also informs us, that Ariopharnes, king of Thrace, being appointed to decided between three young men, each of whom professed to be the son of the deceased king of the Cimmerians, and claimed the succession, discovered the real son by ordering each to shoot an arrow into the dead body of the king. two of them did this without hesitation; but the real son of the deceased monarch refused. Pro 25:8
her bowels: Gen 43:30; Isa 49:15; Jer 31:20; Hos 11:8; Phi 1:8, Phi 2:1; Jo1 3:17
yearned: Heb. were hot, Psa 39:3
feared: Exo 14:31; Jos 4:14; Sa1 12:18; Ch1 29:24; Pro 24:21
the wisdom: Kg1 3:9-12; Ezr 7:25; Ecc 7:19; Dan 2:21, Dan 2:47, Dan 5:11; Co1 1:24, Co1 1:30; Col 2:3
in him: Heb. in the midst of him