8<\/strong>. a great people<\/em>, &c.] The language is that of inexperience, which exaggerates the extent of duties and cares which it has not yet encountered, and which come upon it all at once.<\/p>\n Compare the marginal references. Solomon regards the promises as fulfilled in the existing greatness and glory of the Jewish nation.<\/P><\/p>\n Is in the midst of thy people, <\/B>i.e. is set over them to rule and guide them; a metaphor from the overseer of divers workmen, who usually is in the midst of them, that he may the better observe how each of them dischargeth his office. <\/P> Which thou hast chosen; <\/B>thy peculiar people, whom thou takest special care of, and therefore wilt expect a more punctual account of my government of them. <\/P> <\/p>\n And thy servant [is] in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen<\/strong>,…. To be his special and peculiar people above all people on the earth; this is not to be understood locally, though Jerusalem, where his palace was, was in the middle of the land; but of the exercise of his office, he being placed over the people, and among them, and having the care and inspection of them:<\/p>\n a great people, that cannot be numbered and counted for multitude<\/strong>; being for number as the stars in the sky, and as the sand upon the seashore, as had been promised.<\/p>\n 8<\/strong>. <\/strong> That cannot be numbered <\/strong> An acknowledged fulfilment of God’s promise to Abraham. Gen 13:16<\/span>. Solomon feels that he has been made king of the covenant people.<\/p>\n “<\/strong> And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, who cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.” <\/p>\n Furthermore Solomon felt the burden of having responsibility for so many people, a people who were so numerous that they were beyond counting, and who were all the chosen of YHWH. This was especially so as he was aware that for this huge mass of people he himself was accountable to God. It was a huge responsibility indeed. <\/p>\n 1Ki 3:8 And thy servant [is] in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.<\/p>\n Ver. 8. Is in the midst of thy people.<\/strong> ] As lordkeeper of both tables of the law; as an antesignanus,<\/em> a supreme governor. Royalty without wisdom is but eminent dishonour. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A great people.<\/strong> ] The greater is my charge, and must be my care, who am yet unexperienced, unqualified.<\/p>\n thy people: Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6, Deu 7:6-8, 1Sa 12:22, Psa 78:71 <\/p>\n cannot: Gen 13:16, Gen 15:5, Gen 22:17, 1Ch 21:2, 1Ch 21:5, 1Ch 21:6, 1Ch 27:23, 1Ch 27:24 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 12:2 – General Exo 18:17 – not good 1Ki 4:20 – as the sand 2Ki 9:6 – over the people 2Ch 1:9 – for thou hast Dan 2:21 – he giveth<\/p>\n And thy servant [is] in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 8. a great people, &c.] The language is that of inexperience, which exaggerates the extent of duties and cares which it has not yet encountered, and which come upon it … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 3:8”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"