1 Kings 3
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And 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, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

loved

Deuteronomy 6:5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with …

Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but …

Deuteronomy 30:6,16,20 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of …

2 Samuel 12:24,25 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay …

Psalm 31:23 O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, …

Matthew 22:27 And last of all the woman died also.

Mark 12:29,30 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, …

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love …

1 Corinthians 8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, …

James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this …

1 John 4:19,20 We love him, because he first loved us…

1 John 5:2,3 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, …

walking

1 Kings 3:6,14 And Solomon said, You have showed to your servant David my father …

1 Kings 2:3,4 And keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, to …

1 Kings 11:34 However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand…

1 Kings 15:3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before …

1 Chronicles 28:8,9 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the …

2 Chronicles 17:3-5 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first …

John 14:15,21 If you love me, keep my commandments…

only he

1 Kings 15:14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was …

1 Kings 22:24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on …

2 Kings 12:3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed …

2 Kings 14:4 However, the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did …

2 Kings 15:4,35 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed …

2 Kings 18:4,22 He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the …

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 the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

thy servant

Numbers 12:7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all my house.

2 Samuel 7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus said the LORD, Shall you build …

great

2 Samuel 7:8-12 Now therefore so shall you say to my servant David, Thus said the …

2 Samuel 12:7,8 And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus said the LORD God …

2 Samuel 22:47-51 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of …

1 Chronicles 29:12-14 Both riches and honor come of you, and you reign over all; and in …

Psalm 78:70-72 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds…

mercy. or, bounty

Psalm 13:6 I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me.

Psalm 116:7 Return to your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

Psalm 119:17 Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live, and keep your word.

2 Corinthians 9:5,11 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers, that they …

according

1 Kings 2:4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spoke concerning me, …

1 Kings 9:4 And if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity …

1 Kings 15:5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD…

2 Kings 20:3 I beseech you, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before you …

Psalm 15:2 He that walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the …

Psalm 18:20-24 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to …

that

1 Kings 1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which …

And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

Give therefore

1 Chronicles 22:12 Only the LORD give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge …

1 Chronicles 29:19 And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, …

2 Chronicles 1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before …

Psalm 119:34,73,144 Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yes, I shall observe …

Proverbs 2:3-9 Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding…

Proverbs 3:13-18 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding…

Proverbs 16:16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding …

James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives to all …

James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, …

understanding [heb] hearing

Proverbs 20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.

to judge

1 Kings 3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and …

Psalm 72:1,2 Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son…

Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly …

Ecclesiastes 7:11,19 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to …

Ecclesiastes 9:15-18 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered …

John 5:30 I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment …

discern

2 Samuel 14:17 Then your handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be …

Isaiah 11:2-4 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom …

1 Corinthians 2:14,15 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: …

Ephesians 5:17 Why be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

Philippians 1:10 That you may approve things that are excellent; that you may be sincere …

Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age…

who is able

Exodus 3:11,12 And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and …

Exodus 4:10-13 And Moses said to the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither …

Jeremiah 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

Matthew 3:11,14 I indeed baptize you with water to repentance. but he that comes …

2 Corinthians 2:16 To the one we are the smell of death to death; and to the other the …

2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of …

And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

if thou

1 Kings 2:3,4 And keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, to …

1 Chronicles 22:12,13 Only the LORD give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge …

1 Chronicles 28:9 And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve …

2 Chronicles 7:17-19 And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father …

Psalm 132:12 If your children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall …

Zechariah 3:7 Thus said the LORD of hosts; If you will walk in my ways, and if …

as thy

1 Kings 3:3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his …

1 Kings 9:4,5 And if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity …

1 Kings 15:5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD…

2 Chronicles 17:3,4 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first …

2 Chronicles 29:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according …

2 Chronicles 34:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked …

Acts 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up to them David to be their …

I will lengthen

Deuteronomy 5:16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded …

Deuteronomy 25:15 But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just …

Psalm 21:4 He asked life of you, and you gave it him, even length of days for …

Psalm 91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

Proverbs 3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to you.

1 Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise profits little: but godliness is profitable to …

And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

two women

Leviticus 19:29 Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest …

Deuteronomy 23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite …

Joshua 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, …

harlots The word {zanoth}, rendered {harlots}, is here translated by the Targumist, the best judge in this case, {pundekon}, `tavern-keepers:' See on

Joshua 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, …

Judges 11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was …

Had these women been harlots, it is not likely that they would have dared to appear before Solomon; nor it likely that such persons would have been permitted in the reign of David. Their {husbands} might at this time have been following the necessary occupations in distant parts.

stood.

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.
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.
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

Divide This was apparently a very strange decision; but Solomon saw that the only way to discover the real mother was by the affections 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 verse

1 Kings 3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and …

Proverbs 25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the …

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 in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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