The Meaning of 1 Kings 3:18 Explained

1 Kings 3:18

KJV: And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

YLT: and it cometh to pass on the third day of my bringing forth, that this woman also bringeth forth, and we are together, there is no stranger with us in the house, save we two, in the house.

Darby: And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; no stranger was with us in the house, only we two were in the house.

ASV: And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

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What is the context of 1 Kings 3:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we [were] together; [there was] no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

What does 1 Kings 3:18 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 3:16-28 - A Discerning Judgment

The incident gave convincing proof of the gift of wisdom. This is the most esteemed endowment of an Eastern potentate, who is called upon to arbitrate in cases that defy the labored processes of law and precedent. How could so difficult a case be decided? There were no witnesses on either side. But Solomon appealed to the instincts of a mother's love. The proposal to divide the child at once revealed the mother, who would rather expose herself to a life of anguish than see her child suffer or its life extinguished.

Bishop Hall, commenting on this incident, says, "Truth demands entireness; falsehood is satisfied with less. Satan, who has no right to the heart, is content with a piece of it; God, who made the heart, will have either all or none."

But surely there is a still deeper lesson. When we truly belong to Christ, sharing His nature and having fellowship in His Kingdom, we shall live in quick sympathy with everything that touches His honor. The child of God instinctively winces whenever his Father's character is challenged, or a foul suggestion is made to his own soul. This is evidence of sonship.

1 Kings 3:1-28 - Breaking Three Commandments

From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.

Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 3

¹ Solomon marries Pharaoh's daughter
² High places being in use, Solomon sacrifices at Gibeon
⁵ Solomon at Gibeon, in the choice which God gave him,
¹⁰ preferring wisdom, obtains wisdom, riches, and honor
¹⁶ Solomon's judgment makes him renowned

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 3:18 mean?

And it came to pass the day third after I had given birth that gave birth also woman this and we [were] together no one [was] with us in the house except two we in the house

וַיְהִ֞י בַּיּ֤וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙ לְלִדְתִּ֔י וַתֵּ֖לֶד גַּם־ הָאִשָּׁ֣ה הַזֹּ֑את וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ יַחְדָּ֗ו אֵֽין־ זָ֤ר אִתָּ֙נוּ֙ בַּבַּ֔יִת זוּלָתִ֥י שְׁתַּֽיִם־ אֲנַ֖חְנוּ בַּבָּֽיִת

וַיְהִ֞י	And it came to pass
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בַּיּ֤וֹם	the day
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
הַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙	third
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular Root: שְׁלִישִׁי Sense: third, one third, third part, third time.
לְלִדְתִּ֔י	after I had given birth
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, first person common singular Root: יָלַד Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
וַתֵּ֖לֶד	that gave birth
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: יָלַד Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
גַּם־	also
Parse: Conjunction Root: גַּם Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
הָאִשָּׁ֣ה	woman
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אִשָּׁה Sense: woman, wife, female.
הַזֹּ֑את	this
Parse: Article, Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ	and we [were]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, first person common plural Root: אֲנַחְנוּ Sense: we (first pers.
יַחְדָּ֗ו	together
Parse: Adverb Root: יַחַד Sense: union, unitedness adv.
אֵֽין־	no
Parse: Adverb Root: אַיִן Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
זָ֤ר	one [was]
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: זוּר Sense: to be strange, be a stranger.
אִתָּ֙נוּ֙	with us
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural Root: אֵת Sense: with, near, together with.
בַּבַּ֔יִת	in the house
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
זוּלָתִ֥י	except
Parse: Preposition Root: זוּלָה Sense: a removal, a putting away prep.
שְׁתַּֽיִם־	two
Parse: Number, fd Root: שְׁנַיִם Sense: two.
בַּבָּֽיִת	in the house
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.

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