1 Kings 3:28
And all Israel heard the iudgement, which the King had iudged, and they feared the King: for they sawe that the wisedome of God was in him to doe iustice.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
27Then the King answered, and sayde, Giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: this is his mother.
Cross References
Joshua 4:14That day the Lord magnified Ioshua in the sight of all Israel, and they feared him, as they feared Moses all dayes of his life.
1 Kings 3:9Giue therefore vnto thy seruant an vnderstanding heart, to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good and bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people?
1 Chronicles 29:24And all the princes and men of power, and all the sonnes of King Dauid submitted them selues vnder King Salomon.
Psalms 72:2Then shall he iudge thy people in righteousnesse, and thy poore with equitie.
Proverbs 8:15By me, Kings reigne, and princes decree iustice.
Proverbs 25:2The glorie of God is to conceale a thing secret: but the Kings honour is to search out a thing.
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 →