1 Kings 3:28
And when all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to exercise justice.
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In Context
27The king then answered and said, Give her the living child, and do not slay it: she is its mother.
Cross References
Joshua 4:14On that day the Lord made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel; and they feared him, as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life.
1 Kings 3:9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who would [otherwise] be able to judge this thy great people?
1 Chronicles 29:24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and also all the sons of king David, submitted themselves unto king Solomon.
Psalms 72:2He shall decide for thy people with righteousness, and for thy afflicted with justice.
Proverbs 8:15Through me do kings reign, and chieftains give decrees [in] righteousness.
Proverbs 25:2It is the honor of God to conceal a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:17-28
The Wisdom of Solomon. ( b. c. 1014.) 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… Read the whole commentary →