Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
See I Kings 2:2 note, and on the hyperbole contained in the phrase "little child," compare Genesis 43:8; Exodus 33:11.
How to go out or come in - This expression is proverbial for the active conduct of affairs. (See the marginal reference.)
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 3:7:
2 Kings 19:27
2 Chronicles 1:7-12
Proverbs 8:15
Isaiah 37:28
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