And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
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Barnes' Notes
The wisdom of God - i. e. “Divine wisdom,” “a wisdom given by God” 1Ki 3:12. The ready tact and knowledge of human nature exhibited in this pattern judgment, and its special fitness to impress…
Adam Clarke
They feared the king - This decision proved that they could not impose upon him; and they were afraid to do those things which might bring them before his judgment-seat.
They saw that the wisdom of…
An instance is here given of Solomon's wisdom, to show that the grant lately made him had a real effect upon him. The proof is fetched, not from the mysteries of state and the policies of the…
Cambridge Bible
they feared the king As having a power beyond what they had seen in any other to detect wrong, and to find out truth and falsehood, and so to make certain the punishment of evildoers. There was no…
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