1 Kings
2:10 - 3:14
(1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14)
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries. Chapter 3.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons. Chapter 3.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- X.22, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen], Origen. (c.230)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. Chapter 3.
- From the Geneva Notes.
Chapter 3.
- "...his father had commanded him to obey the Lord and walk in his ways."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
Chapter 3.
- "The more wise and considerate men are, the better acquainted they are with their own weakness, and the more jealous of themselves."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
Chapter
3.
- "Absalom, that was a fool, wished himself a judge: Solomon, that was a wise man, trembles at the undertaking. The more knowing and considerate men are, the more jealous they are of themselves."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
Chapter 3.
- "The wisdom, however, that was asked and obtained was not so much of the heart as of the head--it was wisdom not for himself personally, but for his office, such as would qualify him for the administration of justice, the government of a kingdom, and for the attainment of general scientific knowledge."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary, 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14, Cameron Howard,
Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "Leadership, be it governmental, religious, or otherwise, requires us to hold in tension humility and confidence, finitude and limitless capacity, the gifts we have and the gifts we have yet to acquire."
- "A King's Tale," Debie Thomas, Journey with Jesus, 2015.
- "Wealth is not blessing. I feel like I need to repeat that. Wealth is not blessing."
- "Ferguson, 1 Year Later," Lisa Sharon Harper, On Scripture, Odyssey Networks, 2015. Video: Ferguson Remembers. Discussion Questions.
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, Scott Hoezee, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, illustration ideas, 2015.
- "...God was faithful and so brought to this earth not a king like Solomon who now and then managed to display some pretty profound wisdom but rather Wisdom incarnate, a living and talking and walking and breathing instantiation of all that is right about life in this world as God set it up in the beginning..."
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2015.
- "Avoiding the Truth," John C. Holbert, Opening the Old Testament, 2015.
- Faith Element, podcast, 2015.
- "Who Will Be America's Next Leader?" Walter Brueggemann, ON Scripture, Odyssey Networks, 2012.
- "While he is credited with wisdom, the narrative itself shows a foolish overreach of inordinate greed that proves unsustainable. The accumulation of wealth and honor serve to distort the wisdom God has given him so that his heart no longer 'listens.'"
- "Solomon," Frederick Buechner, Peculiar Treasures.
- "The Politics of 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14," Timothy F. Simpson, Political Theology, 2012.
- "Thoughtfully presented, pastors can use this sermon to give their parishioners something bracing from this text that will help them, not to choose the right candidate, but to have the proper view of the one that they do choose, seeing him or her as a full person, in all dimensions, rather than with blinders, through the ever-present advertising filter."
- 1 Kings 2:1-12; 3:3-14, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
-
Commentary, 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14, Kathryn Schifferdecker,
Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "Solomon, like his father before him, is a complex character. The preacher would do well to follow the lead of the biblical narrator who describes the whole man?his glory as well as his flaws."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
"King
Solomon, Politics and Power,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with
Jesus Foundation.
- "What has been your experience of the separation or mixture of politics and religion?"
-
1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14, Pentecost 11, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne,
Australia.
- "...while we might rightly want to question the seeming simplicity of the biblical message at this point, it still wants to say to us through the account of Solomon, that in spite of our human foibles and the sinful efforts of the most noble among us, loyalty to God is the very key to life itself."
- A Lost Future:
Reflections on 1 Kings 3:7-15, 11:1-6, Dennis Bratcher, Christian
Resource Institute.
- "These verses are as much a judgment on power as they are the story of an Israelite king."
-
"Gender,
Class, and Androcentric Compliance in the Rapes of Enslaved Women in the
Hebrew Bible," Susanne Scholz, Lectio
Difficilior, 2004.
- "This article began with the words of women enslaved in nineteenth-century America, which provided the perspective for the examination of the biblical stories. There are, however, remarkable differences between the two, and three differences shall be highlighted here..."
- Commentary, 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14, Cameron Howard,
Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Brettler, Marc,
"The Structure of 1 Kings 1-11," Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Fontaine, Carole R., "The Bearing of
Wisdom on the Shape of 2 Samuel 11-12 and 1 Kings 3," Journal for the
Study of the Old Testament, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hays, J. Daniel,
"Has the Narrator Come to Praise Solomon or to Bury Him? Narrative Subtlety
in 1 Kings 1-11," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament,
2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Koopmans, William T., "The
Testament of David in 1 Kings 2:1-10," Vetus Testamentum, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lasine, Stuart,
"The King of Desire: Indeterminacy, Audience, and the Solomon Narrative,"
Semeia, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Olley, John W.,
"Pharaoh's Daughter, Solomon's Palace, and the Temple: Another Look at the
Structure of 1 Kings 1-11," Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Parker, Kim Ian,
"Repetition As a Structuring Device in 1 Kings 1-11," Journal for the
Study of the Old Testament, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Parker, K.I.,
"Solomon as Philosopher King? The Nexus of Law and Wisdom in 1 Kings 1-11,"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Porten, Bezalel,
"The Structure and Theme of the Solomon Narrative (1 Kings 3-11),"
Hebrew Union College Annual, 1967.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Seow, Choon Leong, "The Syro-Palestinian
Context of Solomon's Dream," Harvard Theological Review, 1984.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Vasholz, Robert
I., "The Wisdom of Bathsheba in 1 Kings 2:13-25," Presbyterion,
2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wevers, John William, "A Study in the
Exegetical Principles Underlying the Greek Text of 2 Samuel 11:2 - 1
Kings 2:11," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1953.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Williams, David S. "Once Again: The
Structure of the Narrative of Solomon's Reign," Journal for the Study
of the Old Testament, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ziegler, Yael,
"'So Shall God Do...' Variations of an Oath Formula and Its Literary
Meaning," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Brettler, Marc,
"The Structure of 1 Kings 1-11," Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 1991.
- Sermons:
- Skills and Gills, Timothy T. Boggess, Day 1, 2015.
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 15B, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2012.
- "King Solomon," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "Your Wish Is Granted," Linda Edwards, The Children's Chapel.
- "Solomon Asks God for Wisdom," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- "Solomon Asks for Wisdom," online computer java-based coloring pages from Grace Baptist Church of Feeding Hill.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: 1 Kings 3:5, 9. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of 1 Kings
