1 Kings 3:7 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 3:7

And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

BSB

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ASV

And now, O Jehovah 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 go out or come in.

KJV

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 go out or come in.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

See 1Ki 2:2 note, and on the hyperbole contained in the phrase “little child,” compare Gen 43:8; Exo 33:11. How to go out or come in - This expression is proverbial for the active conduct of affairs. (See the marginal reference.)

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Child - So he was in years: not above twenty years old; and withal (which he principally intends) he was raw and unexperienced, as a child, in state affairs.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I am but a little child--not in age, for he had reached manhood (1Ki 2:9) and must have been at least twenty years old; but he was raw and inexperienced in matters of government.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּה֙	ve.'a.Tah	and now	H6258 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהָ֔י	'e.lo.Hai	God my	H430 →
אַתָּה֙	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
הִמְלַ֣כְתָּ	him.Lakh.ta	you have made king	H4427 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַבְדְּךָ֔	'av.de.Kha	servant your	H5650 →
תַּ֖חַת	Ta.chat	in place of	H8478 →
דָּוִ֣ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אָבִ֑י	'a.Vi	father my	H1 →
וְאָֽנֹכִי֙	ve.'a.no.Khi	and I	H595 →
נַ֣עַר	Na.'ar	[am] a lad	H5288 →
קָטֹ֔ן	ka.Ton	young	H6996 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
אֵדַ֖ע	'e.Da'	I know	H3045 →
צֵ֥את	tzet	to go out	H3318 →
וָבֹֽא׃	va.Vo'	and to come	H935 →

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

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The walk8

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
Daniel 2:21
He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
leads to
- Psalms 75:5–7
  Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
- Psalms 31:14–15
  But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
- Psalms 113:7–8
  He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
- Daniel 4:17
  This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it…
- Daniel 7:25
  He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for…
Through
Jeremiah 1:6
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
leads to
- Exodus 4:10–16
  “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
- Exodus 6:12
  But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”
Through
Numbers 27:17
who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
leads to
- Ezekiel 34:5
  They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Kings