”Now two women who were harlots came to the king, and stood before him. And one woman said, “O my Lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house. Then it happened, the third day after I had given birth, that this woman also gave birth. And we were together; no one was with us in the house, except the two of us in the house. And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him. So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. And when I rose in the morning to nurse my son, there he was, dead. But when I had examined him in the morning, indeed, he was not my son whom I had borne.” Then the other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” And the first woman said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” Thus they spoke before the king.“ I Kings 3:16-22 NKJV
a. Two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him: This in itself is a remarkable testimony to the goodness and generosity of Solomon. Not many kings would take the time to settle a dispute between two prostitutes.
i. However, some think that these were not harlots at all. “Hebrew zonot, could equally refer to inn-keepers” (Wiseman).
b. The dead one is your son, and the living one is my son: This seemed like an impossible problem to solve. It was surely one prostitute’s word against the other, and there was no independent witness to the events (no one was with us in the house). (Guzik)
Impossible Problem!
Just like this problem there are times that we have what seem to be like impossible problems! Health, home, family, death of a loved one and the like. But friend remember this!
”For with God nothing will be impossible.”
Luke 1:37 NKJV
Lay your problems at the foot of the cross and remember, Jesus loves you!
”Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.“ II Corinthians 1:3-4 NKJV
Do you take your impossible problems to God?
Blessings
