The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
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The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
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And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
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And the king said: 'Fetch me a sword.' And they brought a sword before the king.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Except God give Judges understanding, the impudency of the…
Except God give Judges understanding, the impudency of the trespasser shall overthrow the just cause of the innocent.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 3:24 And the king said, Bring me a…
1Ki 3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
Ver. 24. Bring me a sword.] For what purpose? thought the standers by; wondering and perhaps laughing within themselves. The actions of wise princes are riddles to vulgar constructions: nor is it for the shallow capacities of the multitude to fathom the deep projects of sovereign authority. {a}
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{a} Seuton. Delrio Panormit.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the king said,.... To one of his officers:
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 the true knowledge of the affair; though, some think he knew it before by their countenances and manner of speech, but that he was desirous all present might see it, and be satisfied of it:
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and give half to the one, and half to the other; since both claimed it.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. Bring me a sword] As the verb is…
24. Bring me a sword] As the verb is not the same as that which in the next clause is rendered ‘brought’, it may be well to use different English. Read ‘Fetch me a sword.’
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the king said, Bring me a sword. And…
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a (Heb. the; the sword, i.e., of the executioner, or the sword for which he asked) sword before the king.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.