Maundy Thursday
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1 Kings 3:9
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- Give therefore
1 Chronicles 22:12; 29:19; 2 Chronicles 1:10; Psalms 119:34,73,144; Proverbs 2:3-9; 3:13-18; Proverbs 16:16; James 1:5; 3:17
- understanding
- Heb. hearing.
- Proverbs 20:12
- to judge
- 28; Psalms 72:1,2; Proverbs 14:8; Ecclesiastes 7:11,19; 9:15-18; John 5:30
- discern
- 2 Samuel 14:17; Isaiah 11:2-4; 1 Corinthians 2:14,15; Ephesians 5:17; Philippians 1:10; *Gr:; Hebrews 5:14
- who is able
- Exodus 3:11,12; 4:10-13; Jeremiah 1:6; Matthew 3:11,14; 2 Corinthians 2:16; 3:5
Cross-References
And Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
The man said, "The woman you put here with me gave me fruit from that tree. So I ate it."
The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
And the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.'
And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.
And Adam said: The woman whom thou gauest [to be] with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate.
Then the man saide, The woman which thou gauest to be with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.
And Adam said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the fruit of the tree, and I did eat.
The man answered, "The woman you put here with me gave me the fruit, and I ate it."
And God said to him, Who told thee that thou wast naked, unless thou hast eaten of the tree concerning which I charged thee of it alone not to eat?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people,.... Not an understanding of things spiritual, nor of things natural, though both were given him, but of things political, what related to the civil government, that he might be able to judge or rule the people of Israel in the best manner:
that I may discern between good and bad; not merely between moral good and evil, of which he had a discernment; but between right and wrong in any case or controversy that came before him between man and man, that so he might be able to pass a right sentence, and do justice to every one:
for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? who are so very numerous, and have so many causes to be heard and and those many of them very intricate and difficult; so that no man is equal to such arduous work, unless he has more than an ordinary capacity given him by the Lord.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
One of the chief functions of the Oriental monarch is always to hear and decide causes. Hence, supreme magistrates were naturally called “judges.” (See the introduction to the Book of Judges.) In the minds of the Jews the “judge” and the “prince” were always closely associated, the direct cognisance of causes being constantly taken by their chief civil governors. (See Exodus 2:14; Exodus 18:16, Exodus 18:22; 1 Samuel 8:20; 2 Samuel 15:2-6.)
Good and bad - i. e. “right and wrong,” “justice and injustice.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Give - an understanding heart to judge thy people - He did not ask wisdom in general, but the true science of government. This wisdom he sought, and this wisdom he obtained.