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28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected[a] the king, for they realized[b] that he possessed divine wisdom[c] to make judicial decisions.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 3:28 tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”
  2. 1 Kings 3:28 tn Heb “saw.”
  3. 1 Kings 3:28 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.

28 When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom(A) from God to administer justice.

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