1 Kings 3:28

And all Israel heard this judgment which the king judged, and they feared before the king; because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to execute judgment.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

27Then the king answered and said, Give the child to her that said, Give it to her, and by no means slay it: she is its mother.

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Cross References

Joshua 4:14In that day the Lord magnified Joshua before all the people of Israel; and they feared him, as they did Moses, as long as he lived.

1 Kings 3:9Thou shalt give therefore to thy servant a heart to hear and to judge thy people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this thy great people?

1 Chronicles 29:24The princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons of King David his father, were subject to him.

Psalms 72:2But my feet were almost overthrown; 1 My goings very nearly slipped. 1

Proverbs 8:15By me kings reign, 1 And princes decree justice. 1

Proverbs 25:2The glory of God conceals a matter: 1 But the glory of a king honors business. 1

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 →

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