1 Kings 3:15

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Solomon	שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה she.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · proper noun, a man's name
awoke	וַיִּקַ֥ץ vai.yi.Katz	H3364	to awake (intransitive) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
dream	חֲל֑וֹם cha.Lom	H2472	a dream · noun, common masculine singular absolute
came	וַיָּב֨וֹא vai.ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
stood	וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֣ד vai.ya.'a.Mod	H5975	to stand · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
before	לִפְנֵ֣י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
ark	אֲר֣וֹן 'a.Ron	H727	a box · noun, common masculine singular construct
covenant	בְּרִית be.rit-	H1285	a compact (because made by passing between pieces of fl… · noun, common feminine singular construct
LORD	יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh	H3068	Jehovah
up	וַיַּ֤עַל vai.Ya.'al	H5927	to ascend · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
offerings	עֹלוֹת֙ 'o.lOt	H5930	a step or (collectively · noun, common feminine plural absolute
offered	וַיַּ֣עַשׂ vai.Ya.'as	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
offerings	שְׁלָמִ֔ים she.la.Mim	H8002	properly · noun, common masculine plural absolute
made	וַיַּ֥עַשׂ vai.Ya.'as	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
feast	מִשְׁתֶּ֖ה mish.Teh	H4960	drink · noun, common masculine singular absolute
servants	עֲבָדָֽיו 'a.va.Dav	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 41:7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
1 Kings 8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt…
Esther 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes…
Daniel 5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Genesis 31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the moun…
Genesis 40:20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of th…
Leviticus 3:1-17 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without…
Leviticus 7:11-19 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:5-15

We have here an account of a gracious visit which God paid to Solomon, and the communion he had with God in it, which put a greater honour upon Solomon than all the wealth and power of his kingdom did. I. The circumstances of this visit, Kg1 3:5. 1. The place. It was in Gibeon; that was the great high place, and should have been the only one, because there the tabernacle and the brazen altar were, Ch2 1:3. There Solomon offered his great sacrifices, and there God owned him more than in any other of the high places. The nearer we come to the rule in our worship the more reason we have to expect the tokens of God's presence. Where God records his name, there he will meet us and bless us. 2. Th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 3:15

behold, it was a dream--The vivid impression, the indelible recollection he had of this dream, together with the new and increased energy communicated to his mind, and the flow of worldly prosperity that rushed upon him, gave him assurance that it came by divine inspiration and originated in the grace of God. The wisdom, however, that was asked and obtained was not so much of the heart as of the head--it was wisdom not for himself personally, but for his office, such as would qualify him for the administration of justice, the government of a kingdom, and for the attainment of general scientific knowledge.

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 3:12

I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart - I have given thee a capacious mind, one capable of knowing much: make a proper use of thy powers, under the direction of my Spirit, and thou shalt excel in wisdom all that have gone before thee; neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. But, query, Was not all this conditional? If he should walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and commandments, Kg1 3:14. Was it not to depend upon his proper use of initiatory inspirations? Did he ever receive all this wisdom? Did not his unfaithfulness prevent the fulfillment of the Divine purpose? Instead of being the wisest of men, did he not become more brutish than any man? Did he not even…

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Dictionary and topics

Gibeon — Hill-city, “one of the royal cities, greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty” (Josh. 10:2). Its inhabitants were Hivites (11:19). It lay within the territory of Benjamin, and became a…
Dream · .Of — .Of
Dreams · Mentioned in scripture of: Solomon — Mentioned in scripture of: Solomon
Peace Offerings · The priest: Generally accompanied by a burnt-offering — The priest: Generally accompanied by a burnt-offering

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 3:15

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Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:5-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 3:15

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 3:12

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1 Kings 3:15

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:5-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 3:15

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 3:12

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John Gill on 1 Kings 3:15

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 3:15

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