3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected 1 the king, for they realized 2 that he possessed supernatural wisdom 3 to make judicial decisions.
1 Kings 12:24
12:24 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” 4 They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do. 5
1 tnHeb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”
2 tnHeb “saw.”
3 tnHeb “the wisdom of God within him.”
4 tnHeb “for this thing is from me.”
5 tnHeb “and they heard the word of the Lord and returned to go according to the word of the Lord.”