And the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought before the king.
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 council-board, though there no doubt he excelled, but from the trial and determination of a cause between party and party, which princes, though they devolve them upon their...
Commenting on 1 Kings 3:16-28
And the king said,.... To one of his officers: divide the living child in two; not that he meant it should be actually done, though it might at first be thought he really intended it, and so strike the minds of some with horror, as it did, however, the mother; but he ordered this, to try the affections of the women, and thereby come to...
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. (m) Unless God gives judges understanding, the impudency of the trespasser will overthrow the just cause of the innocent.