1 Kings 3:10 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 3:10

Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

KJV

And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Although Solomon’s choice was made “in a dream” 1Ki 3:5, we must regard it as springing from his will in some degree, and therefore as indicative of his moral character.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those are accepted of God who prefer spiritual blessings to temporal, and are more solicitous to be found in the way of their duty than in the way to preferment. But that was not all; it was a prevailing prayer, and prevailed for more than he asked.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּיטַ֥ב	vai.yi.Tav	and it was good	H3190 →
הַדָּבָ֖ר	ha.da.Var	the thing	H1697 →
בְּעֵינֵ֣י	be.'ei.Nei	in [the] eyes of	H5869 →
אֲדֹנָ֑י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
כִּ֚י	ki	that	H3588 →
שָׁאַ֣ל	sha.'Al	he had asked	H7592 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַדָּבָ֖ר	ha.da.Var	the thing	H1697 →
הַזֶּֽה׃	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
leads to
- Proverbs 15:29
  The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
- 1 Chronicles 29:17
  I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are…
- Proverbs 21:27
  The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
- Isaiah 1:10–15
  Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- Proverbs 28:9
  Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.