1 Kings 3:28
28When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected ▼▼tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”
the king, for they realized ▼▼tn Heb “saw.”
that he possessed divine wisdom ▼▼tn Heb “the wisdom of God was in his midst for performing justice.” The phrase “wisdom of God” may be taken as an attributive genitive, “divine wisdom,” or as a genitive of source, “wisdom from God.” Even in English they are basically the same, since wisdom from God is divine in character.
to make judicial decisions.
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