geneva - 1Kings:1-4

geneva@1Kings:1:1 @ Now king David was (note:)He was about 70 years old, (2Sa_5:4).(:note) old [and] stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no For his natural heat was worn away with travels. heat. The Argument - Because the children of God should expect no continual rest and quietness in this world, the Holy Spirit sets before our eyes in this book the variety and change of things, which came to the people of Israel from the death of David, Solomon, and the rest of the kings, to the death of Ahab. Declaring that flourishing kingdoms, unless they are preserved by God's protection, (who then favours them when his word is truly set forth, virtue esteemed, vice punished, and concord maintained) fall to decay and come to nothing as appears by the dividing of the kingdom under Rehoboam and Jeroboam, who were one people before and now by the just punishment of God were made two. Judah and Benjamin were under Rehoboam, and this was called the kingdom of Judah. The other ten tribes held with Jeroboam, and this was called the kingdom of Israel. The king of Judah had his throne in Jerusalem, and the king of Israel in Samaria, after it was built by Omri Ahab's father. Because our Saviour Christ according to the flesh, comes from the stock of David, the genealogy of the kings of Judah is here described, from Solomon to Joram the son of Jehoshaphat, who reigned over Judah in Jerusalem as Ahab did over Israel in Samaria.

geneva@1Kings:1:2 @ Wherefore his seruants saide vnto him, Let there be sought for my lord ye King a yong virgin, and let her stand before the King, and cherish him: and let her lie in thy bosome, that my lord the King may get heate.

geneva@1Kings:1:3 @ So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag (note:)A city in the tribe of Issachar, (Jos_19:18).(:note) a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

geneva@1Kings:1:4 @ And the maid was exceeding faire, and cherished the King, and ministred to him, but the King knew her not.

geneva@1Kings:1:5 @ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and (note:)Read (2Sa_15:1).(:note) fifty men to run before him.

geneva@1Kings:1:6 @ And his father would not displease him from his childehood, to say, Why hast thou done so? And hee was a very goodly man, and his mother bare him next after Absalom.

geneva@1Kings:1:7 @ And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah (note:)They took his part and followed him.(:note) helped [him].

geneva@1Kings:1:8 @ But Zadok the Priest, & Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and Nathan the Prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the men of might, which were with Dauid, were not with Adoniiah.

geneva@1Kings:1:9 @ Then Adoniiah sacrificed sheepe and oxen, and fat cattel by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the kings sonnes, & al the men of Iudah ye Kings seruants,

geneva@1Kings:1:10 @ But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and (note:)As the Cherethites and Pelethites.(:note) the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.

geneva@1Kings:1:11 @ Wherefore Nathan spake vnto Bath-sheba the mother of Salomon, saying, Hast thou not heard, that Adoniiah ye sonne of Haggith doeth reigne, and Dauid our lord knoweth it not?

geneva@1Kings:1:12 @ Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own (note:)For Adonijah will destroy you and your son, if he reigns.(:note) life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

geneva@1Kings:1:13 @ Go, and get thee in vnto King Dauid, and say vnto him, Didest not thou, my lorde, O King, sweare vnto thine handmaide, saying, Assuredly Salomo thy sonne shall reigne after me, & he shal sit vpon my throne? why is then Adoniiah King?

geneva@1Kings:1:14 @ Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and (note:)By declaring such things, as may further the same.(:note) confirm thy words.

geneva@1Kings:1:15 @ So Bath-sheba went in vnto the King into the chamber, and the King was verie olde, and Abishag the Shunammite ministred vnto ye King.

geneva@1Kings:1:16 @ And Bath-sheba bowed and made obeisance vnto the King; the King saide, What is thy matter?

geneva@1Kings:1:17 @ And shee answered him, My lorde, thou swarest by the Lorde thy God vnto thine handmaide, saying, Assuredly Salomon thy sonne shall reigne after me, and he shall sit vpon my throne.

geneva@1Kings:1:18 @ And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest (note:)The king being worn with age, could not attend to the affairs of the realm, and also Adonijah had many who kept it from the king.(:note) [it] not:

geneva@1Kings:1:19 @ And he hath offred many oxen, and fatte cattel, and sheepe, and hath called all the sonnes of the King, and Abiathar the Priest, and Ioab the captaine of the hoste: but Salomon thy seruant hath he not bidden.

geneva@1Kings:1:20 @ And thou, my lorde, O King, knowest that the eyes of all Israel are on thee, that thou shouldest tell them, who shoulde sit on the throne of my lord the King after him.

geneva@1Kings:1:21 @ Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be (note:)And so put to death as wicked transgressors.(:note) counted offenders.

geneva@1Kings:1:22 @ And lo, while she yet talked with the King, Nathan also the Prophet came in.

geneva@1Kings:1:23 @ And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face (note:)Acknowledging him to be the true and worthy king appointed by God, as the figure of his Christ.(:note) to the ground.

geneva@1Kings:1:24 @ And Nathan saide, My lorde, O King, hast thou said, Adoniiah shall reigne after mee, and he shall sit vpon my throne?

geneva@1Kings:1:25 @ For hee is gone downe this day, and hath slaine many oxen, and fat cattel, and sheepe, and hath called al the Kings sonnes, and the captaines of the hoste, and Abiathar the Priest: and behold, they eate and drinke before him, and say, God saue King Adoniiah.

geneva@1Kings:1:26 @ But me thy seruant, and Zadok the Priest, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and thy seruant Salomon hath he not called.

geneva@1Kings:1:27 @ Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed [it] unto thy (note:)Meaning, that in such affairs he should undertake nothing unless he had consulted with the Lord.(:note) servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

geneva@1Kings:1:28 @ Then King Dauid answered, and saide, Call me Bath-sheba; shee came into ye Kings presence, and stoode before the King.

geneva@1Kings:1:29 @ And the King sware, saying, As the Lorde liueth, who hath redeemed my soule out of all aduersitie,

geneva@1Kings:1:30 @ Even as I (note:)Moved by the Spirit of God to do so, because he foresaw that Solomon would be the figure of Christ.(:note) sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

geneva@1Kings:1:31 @ Then Bath-sheba bowed her face to the earth, and did reuerence vnto the King, and said, God saue my lord King Dauid for euer.

geneva@1Kings:1:32 @ And King Dauid saide, Call mee Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada; they came before the King.

geneva@1Kings:1:33 @ The king also said unto them, Take with you the (note:)Meaning, the king's servants and such as were of his guard.(:note) servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

geneva@1Kings:1:34 @ And let Zadok the Priest and Nathan the Prophet anoint him there King ouer Israel, and blowe ye the trumpet, and say, God saue king Salomon.

geneva@1Kings:1:35 @ Then come vp after him, that hee may come and sit vpon my throne: and hee shall bee King in my steade: for I haue appointed him to be prince ouer Israel and ouer Iudah.

geneva@1Kings:1:36 @ Then Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada answered the King, and said, So be it, and the Lord God of my lord the King ratifie it.

geneva@1Kings:1:37 @ As the Lord hath bene with my lorde the King, so be he with Salomon, and exalt his throne aboue the throne of my lorde king Dauid.

geneva@1Kings:1:38 @ So Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went downe and caused Salomon to ride vpon king Dauids mule, and brought him to Gihon.

geneva@1Kings:1:39 @ And Zadok the priest took an horn of (note:)With which they were accustomed to anoint the priests and the holy instruments, (Exo_30:23).(:note) oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.

geneva@1Kings:1:40 @ And all the people came vp after him, and the people piped with pipes, and reioyced with great ioye, so that the earth rang with the sound of them.

geneva@1Kings:1:41 @ And Adoniiah and all the ghestes that were with him, heard it: (and they had made an ende of eating) and when Ioab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, What meaneth this noise and vprore in the citie?

geneva@1Kings:1:42 @ And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou [art] a valiant man, and bringest (note:)He praised Jonathan, thinking to have heard good news but God wrought things contrary to his expectation, and so beat down his pride.(:note) good tidings.

geneva@1Kings:1:43 @ And Ionathan answered, and said to Adoniiah, Verely our lord King Dauid hath made Salomon King.

geneva@1Kings:1:44 @ And the King hath sent with him Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they haue caused him to ride vpon the Kings mule.

geneva@1Kings:1:45 @ And Zadok the Priest, and Nathan ye Prophet haue anointed him King in Gihon: and they are gone vp from thence with ioy, and the citie is moued: this is the noise that ye haue heard.

geneva@1Kings:1:46 @ And Salomon also sitteth on the throne of the kingdome.

geneva@1Kings:1:47 @ And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the (note:)He gave God thanks for the good success.(:note) bed.

geneva@1Kings:1:48 @ And thus sayd the King also, Blessed bee the Lorde God of Israel, who hath made one to sit on my throne this day, euen in my sight.

geneva@1Kings:1:49 @ Then all the ghestes that were with Adonijah, were afraide, and rose vp, and went euery man his way.

geneva@1Kings:1:50 @ And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the (note:)Which David his father had built in the floor of Araunah, (2Sa_24:25).(:note) altar.

geneva@1Kings:1:51 @ And one tolde Salomon, saying, Beholde, Adonijah doeth feare King Salomon: for lo, he hath caught holde on the hornes of the altar, saying, Let King Salomon sweare vnto me this day, that he will not slay his seruant with the sword.

geneva@1Kings:1:52 @ Then Salomon sayd, If he will shewe him selfe a worthy man, there shall not an heare of him fall to the earth, but if wickednes be found in him, he shall dye.

geneva@1Kings:1:53 @ Then King Salomon sent, & they brought him from the altar, and he came and did obeisance vnto King Salomon; Salomon sayde vnto him, Go to thine house.

geneva@1Kings:2:1 @ Then the dayes of Dauid drewe neere that he should die, and hee charged Salomon his sonne, saying,

geneva@1Kings:2:2 @ I go the (note:)I am ready to die as all men must.(:note) way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

geneva@1Kings:2:3 @ And keep the (note:)He shows how hard it is to govern and that no one can do it well except he obey God.(:note) charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

geneva@1Kings:2:4 @ That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in (note:)Without hypocrisy.(:note) truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:2:5 @ Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, [and] what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and (note:)He shed his blood in time of peace, as if there had been war.(:note) shed the blood of war in peace, and He put the bloody sword into his sheath. put the blood of war upon his girdle that [was] about his loins, and in his shoes that [were] on his feet.

geneva@1Kings:2:6 @ Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace.

geneva@1Kings:2:7 @ But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: (note:)That is, they dealt mercifully with me.(:note) for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

geneva@1Kings:2:8 @ And beholde, with thee is Shimei the sonne of Gera, the sonne of Iemini, of Bahurim, which cursed mee with an horrible curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but hee came downe to meete me at Iorden, & I sware to him by the Lorde, saying, I will not slay thee with the sword.

geneva@1Kings:2:9 @ Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou [art] a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with (note:)Let him be punished with death, see (1Ki_2:46).(:note) blood.

geneva@1Kings:2:10 @ So Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.

geneva@1Kings:2:11 @ And the dayes which Dauid reigned vpon Israel, were fourtie yeeres: seuen yeeres reigned he in Hebron, and thirtie & three yeeres reigned he in Ierusalem.

geneva@1Kings:2:12 @ Then sate Salomon vpon the throne of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was stablished mightily.

geneva@1Kings:2:13 @ And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, (note:)For she was afraid lest he would work treason against the king.(:note) Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

geneva@1Kings:2:14 @ He said moreouer, I haue a sute vnto thee; she sayd, Say on.

geneva@1Kings:2:15 @ And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and [that] all Israel (note:)In sign of their favour and consent.(:note) set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:2:16 @ Nowe therefore I aske thee one request, refuse me not; she said vnto him, Say on.

geneva@1Kings:2:17 @ And he sayd, Speake, I pray thee, vnto Salomon ye King, (for he will not say thee nay) that he giue me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

geneva@1Kings:2:18 @ And Bath-sheba sayd, Well, I will speake for thee vnto the King.

geneva@1Kings:2:19 @ Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and (note:)In token of reverence, and that others by his example might have her in greater honour.(:note) bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

geneva@1Kings:2:20 @ Then she sayd, I desire a small request of thee, say me not nay. Then the King sayde vnto her, Aske on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

geneva@1Kings:2:21 @ She sayd then, Let Abishag the Shunammite be giuen to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

geneva@1Kings:2:22 @ And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the (note:)Meaning, that if he would have granted Abishag, who was so dear to his father, he would later have aspired for the kingdom.(:note) kingdom also; for he [is] mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

geneva@1Kings:2:23 @ Then King Salomon sware by the Lorde, saying, God doe so to me and more also, if Adoniiah hath not spoken this worde against his owne life.

geneva@1Kings:2:24 @ Now therefore as ye Lord liueth, who hath established me, & set me on the throne of Dauid my father, who also hath made me an house, as he promised, Adoniiah shall surely die this day.

geneva@1Kings:2:25 @ And King Salomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and hee smote him that he dyed.

geneva@1Kings:2:26 @ And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou [art] worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou (note:)When he fled before Absalom, (2Sa_15:24).(:note) barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

geneva@1Kings:2:27 @ So Salomon cast out Abiathar from being Priest vnto the Lord, that he might fulfill the wordes of the Lord, which he spake against the house of Eli in Shiloh.

geneva@1Kings:2:28 @ Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had (note:)He took Adonijah's part when he would have usurped the kingdom (1Ki_1:7).(:note) turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

geneva@1Kings:2:29 @ And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, [he is] by the (note:)Thinking to be saved by the holiness of the place.(:note) altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

geneva@1Kings:2:30 @ And Benaiah came to the Tabernacle of the Lord, & sayd vnto him, Thus sayth the King, Come out; he sayde, Nay, but I will die here. Then Benaiah brought the King worde againe, saying, Thus sayd Ioab, & thus he answered me.

geneva@1Kings:2:31 @ And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and (note:)For it was lawful to take the wilful murderer from the altar, (Exo_21:14).(:note) fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

geneva@1Kings:2:32 @ And the Lorde shall bring his blood vpon his owne head: for he smote two men more righteous and better then he, and slew them with the sword, & my father Dauid knew not: to wit, Abner the sonne of Ner, captaine of the hoste of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captaine of the hoste of Iudah.

geneva@1Kings:2:33 @ Their blood shall therefore return upon the (note:)Joab will be justly punished for the blood that he has cruelly shed.(:note) head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:2:34 @ So Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada went vp, & smote him, and slewe him, & he was buryed in his owne house in the wildernesse.

geneva@1Kings:2:35 @ And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the (note:)And so took the office of high priest from the house of Eli, and restored it to the house of Phinehas.(:note) priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

geneva@1Kings:2:36 @ Afterwarde the King sent, & called Shimei, and sayde vnto him, Buylde thee an house in Ierusalem, and dwell there, and depart not thence any whither.

geneva@1Kings:2:37 @ For that day that thou goest out, and passest ouer the riuer of Kidron, knowe assuredly, that thou shalt dye the death: thy blood shall be vpon thine owne head.

geneva@1Kings:2:38 @ And Shimei sayd vnto the King, The thing is good: as my lord the King hath sayd, so wil thy seruant doe. So Shimei dwelt in Ierusalem many dayes.

geneva@1Kings:2:39 @ And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the (note:)Thus God appoints the ways and means to bring his just judgments on the wicked.(:note) servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants [be] in Gath.

geneva@1Kings:2:40 @ And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and (note:)His covetous mind moved him to risk his life, rather than to lose the worldly profit he had by his servants.(:note) Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

geneva@1Kings:2:41 @ And it was tolde Salomon, that Shimei had gone from Ierusalem to Gath, and was come againe.

geneva@1Kings:2:42 @ And the King sent and called Shimei, and sayde vnto him, Did I not make thee to sweare by the Lorde, and protested vnto thee, saying, That day that thou goest out, and walkest any whither, knowe assuredly that thou shalt dye the death? And thou saydest vnto mee, The thing is good, that I haue heard.

geneva@1Kings:2:43 @ Why then hast thou not kept the othe of the Lorde, and the commandement wherewith I charged thee?

geneva@1Kings:2:44 @ The king said moreover to Shimei, (note:)For though you would deny it, your own conscience accuses you for reviling and doing wrong to my father, (2Sa_16:5).(:note) Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

geneva@1Kings:2:45 @ And let King Salomon be blessed, and the throne of Dauid stablished before the Lorde for euer.

geneva@1Kings:2:46 @ So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was (note:)Because all his enemies were destroyed.(:note) established in the hand of Solomon.

geneva@1Kings:3:1 @ And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the (note:)Which was Bethlehem.(:note) 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.

geneva@1Kings:3:2 @ Only the people sacrificed in (note:)Where altars were appointed before the temple was built, to offer to the Lord.(:note) high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

geneva@1Kings:3:3 @ And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his (note:)For his father had commanded him to obey the Lord and walk in his ways, (1Ki_2:3).(:note) father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

geneva@1Kings:3:4 @ And the king went to (note:)For there the tabernacle was (2Ch_1:3).(:note) Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that [was] the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

geneva@1Kings:3:5 @ In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Salomon in a dreame by night: and God sayd, Aske what I shal giue thee.

geneva@1Kings:3:6 @ 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 (note:)You have performed your promise.(:note) kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as [it is] this day.

geneva@1Kings:3:7 @ 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 (note:)That is, to behave himself in executing this charge of ruling.(:note) go out or come in.

geneva@1Kings:3:8 @ And thy seruant is in the mids of thy people, which thou hast chosen, euen a great people which cannot be told nor nobred for multitude.

geneva@1Kings:3:9 @ 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 (note:)Which are so many in number.(:note) great a people?

geneva@1Kings:3:10 @ And this pleased the Lorde wel, that Salomon had desired this thing.

geneva@1Kings:3:11 @ 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 (note:)That is, that their enemy would die.(:note) enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

geneva@1Kings:3:12 @ Beholde, I haue done according to thy wordes: lo, I haue giuen thee a wise and an vnderstanding heart, so that there hath bene none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall arise the like vnto thee.

geneva@1Kings:3:13 @ And I haue also giuen thee that, which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that among the Kings there shall be none like vnto thee all thy dayes.

geneva@1Kings:3:14 @ And if thou wilt walke in my wayes, to keepe mine ordinances & my commandements, as thy father Dauid did walke, I will prolong thy dayes.

geneva@1Kings:3:15 @ And Solomon awoke; and, behold, [it was] (note:)He knew that God had appeared to him in a dream.(:note) 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.

geneva@1Kings:3:16 @ Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, unto the king, and (note:)By this example it appears that God kept his promise to Solomon in granting him wisdom.(:note) stood before him.

geneva@1Kings:3:17 @ And the one woman sayd, Oh my lorde, I and this woman dwell in one house, and I was deliuered of a childe with her in the house.

geneva@1Kings:3:18 @ And the third day after that I was deliuered, this woman was deliuered also: and we were in the house together: no stranger was with vs in the house, saue we twaine.

geneva@1Kings:3:19 @ And this womans sonne died in the night: for she ouerlay him.

geneva@1Kings:3:20 @ And she arose at midnight, and (note:)She stole the living child to avoid both the shame and punishment.(:note) took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

geneva@1Kings:3:21 @ And when I rose in the morning to giue my sonne sucke, beholde, he was dead: and when I had wel considered him in the morning, beholde, it was not my sonne, whom I had borne.

geneva@1Kings:3:22 @ Then the other woman sayd, Nay, but my sonne liueth, and thy sonne is dead. Againe she sayde, No, but thy sonne is dead, and mine aliue: thus they spake before the King.

geneva@1Kings:3:23 @ Then sayde the King, She sayth, This that liueth is my sonne, and the dead is thy sonne: and the other sayth, Nay, but the dead is thy sonne, and the liuing is my sonne.

geneva@1Kings:3:24 @ And the king said, (note:)Unless God gives judges understanding, the impudency of the trespasser will overthrow the just cause of the innocent.(:note) Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

geneva@1Kings:3:25 @ And the King sayde, Deuide ye the liuing child in twaine, & giue the one halfe to the one, and the other halfe to the other.

geneva@1Kings:3:26 @ 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 (note:)Her motherly affection appears in that she would rather endure the rigor of the law than see her child cruelly slain.(:note) in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide [it].

geneva@1Kings:3:27 @ Then the King answered, and sayde, Giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: this is his mother.

geneva@1Kings: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@1Kings:4:1 @ And King Salomon was King ouer all Israel.

geneva@1Kings:4:2 @ And these [were] the (note:)That is, his chief officers.(:note) princes which he had; He was the son of Achimais and Zadok's nephew. Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,

geneva@1Kings:4:3 @ Elihoreph and Ahiah the sonnes of Shisha scribes, Iehoshaphat the sonne of Ahilud, the recorder,

geneva@1Kings:4:4 @ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok and (note:)Not Abiathar whom Solomon had put from his office, (1Ki_2:27) but another of that name.(:note) Abiathar [were] the priests:

geneva@1Kings:4:5 @ And Azariah the sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers, and Zabud the sonne of Nathan Priest was the Kings friend,

geneva@1Kings:4:6 @ And Ahishar was ouer the houshold: and Adoniram the sonne of Abda was ouer the tribute.

geneva@1Kings:4:7 @ And Salomon had twelue officers ouer all Israel, which prouided vitailes for the King and his housholde: eche man had a moneth in the yeere to prouide vitailes.

geneva@1Kings:4:8 @ And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim:

geneva@1Kings:4:9 @ The sonne of Dekar in Makaz, and in Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh, and Elon and Beth-hanan:

geneva@1Kings:4:10 @ The sonne of Hesed in Aruboth, to whom perteined Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

geneva@1Kings:4:11 @ The sonne of Abinadab in all the region of Dor, which had Taphath the daughter of Salomon to wife.

geneva@1Kings:4:12 @ Baana the sonne of Ahilud in Taanach, & Megiddo, & in all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Izreel, from Beth-shean to Abelmeholah, eue til beyond ouer against Iokmeam:

geneva@1Kings:4:13 @ The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him [pertained] the towns of (note:)Which bore Jair's name, because he took them from the Canaanites, (Num_32:41).(:note) Jair the son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; to him [also pertained] the region of Argob, which [is] in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

geneva@1Kings:4:14 @ Ahinadab the sonne of Iddo had to Mahanaim:

geneva@1Kings:4:15 @ Ahimaaz in Naphtali, and he tooke Basmath the daughter of Salomon to wife:

geneva@1Kings:4:16 @ Baanah the sonne of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth:

geneva@1Kings:4:17 @ Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in (note:)Solomon did not observe the division that Joshua made, but divided it as might best serve his purposes.(:note) Issachar:

geneva@1Kings:4:18 @ Shimei the sonne of Elah in Beniamin:

geneva@1Kings:4:19 @ Geber the sonne of Vri in the countrey of Gilead, the land of Sihon King of the Amorites, and of Og King of Bashan, and was officer alone in the land.

geneva@1Kings:4:20 @ Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude, (note:)They lived in all peace and security.(:note) eating and drinking, and making merry.

geneva@1Kings:4:21 @ And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the (note:)Which is the Euphrates.(:note) river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

geneva@1Kings:4:22 @ And Salomons vitailes for one day were thirtie measures of fine floure, and threescore measures of meale:

geneva@1Kings:4:23 @ Ten fat oxen, and twentie oxen of the pastures, and an hundreth sheepe, beside hartes, and buckes, and bugles, and fat foule.

geneva@1Kings:4:24 @ For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the (note:)For they were all tributaries to him.(:note) kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

geneva@1Kings:4:25 @ And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from (note:)Throughout all Israel.(:note) Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

geneva@1Kings:4:26 @ And Salomon had fourtie thousande stalles of horses for his charets, and twelue thousand horsemen.

geneva@1Kings:4:27 @ And these officers prouided vitaile for king Salomon, and for all that came to King Salomons table, euery man his moneth, and they suffred to lacke nothing.

geneva@1Kings:4:28 @ Barley also and strawe for the horses and mules brought they vnto the place where the officers were, euery man according to his charge.

geneva@1Kings:4:29 @ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and (note:)Meaning, great understanding and able to comprehend all things.(:note) largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore.

geneva@1Kings:4:30 @ And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the (note:)That is, the philosophers and astronomers who were judged most wise.(:note) east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

geneva@1Kings:4:31 @ For he was wiser then any man: yea, then were Ethan the Ezrahite, the Heman, then Chalcol, then Darda the sonnes of Mahol: and he was famous throughout all nations round about.

geneva@1Kings:4:32 @ And he spake three thousand (note:)Which for the most part are thought to have perished in the captivity of Babylon.(:note) proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

geneva@1Kings:4:33 @ And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon even unto the (note:)From the highest to the lowest.(:note) hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

geneva@1Kings:4:34 @ And there came of all people to heare the wisedome of Salomon, from all Kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisedome.

geneva@1Kings:5:1 @ And Hiram King of Tyrus sent his seruants vnto Salomon, (for he had heard, that they had anoynted him King in the roume of his father) because Hiram had euer loued Dauid.