1 Kings 1:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirmd thy words. ”

1 Kings 1:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Confirm thy words - “ Establish” them, by giving a second testimony. Nathan thinks it best to move David’s affections first through Bath-sheba, before he comes in to discuss the matter as one of s...
1 Kings 1:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and (h) confirm thy words. (h) By declaring such things, as may further the same.
1 Kings 1:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Last Days of David and Accession of Solomon. This chapter with the following has many analogies with the court history of David (2 Samuel 11-20). The narrative bears every sign of an authentic acco...
1 Kings 1:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
1 Kings 1:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my...
1 Kings 1:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

An Intrigue for the Succession This chapter relates Adonijah's attempt to obtain the succession, its defeat through the agency of Nathan, and the enthronement of Solomon. The history contained in...
1 Kings 1:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

While thou yet talkest. — The whole history seems to indicate a growth of royal state and Oriental reverence for the king’s person since the defeat of Absalom, contrasted with the comparative simpl...
1 Kings 1:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

AN EASTERN COURT AND HOME 1 Kings 1:1-53 "Pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness." Ezekiel 16:49 A MAN does not choose his own destiny; it is ordained for higher ends than his...
1 Kings 1:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Self-Seeker's Scheme 1 Kings 1:1-14 Adonijah was the fourth son of David, but probably the oldest of those who survived. He was born after Absalom, and like him was goodly in appearance, ambi...
1 Kings 1:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The two Books of Kings appear in the Hebrew Bible as one. Together they practically cover the whole period of kingly rule over the ancient people. The first Book deals mainly with events centering ar...
1 Kings 1:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(11) В¶ Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? (12) Now therefore com...
1 Kings 1:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king ,.... Before, or by the time she could deliver the above words to him, or such as she should think fit to use, to awaken the king to a concern for...
1 Kings 1:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. Ver. 14. I will come in after thee, and confirm thy words, ] a Heb., Fill up - that is,...
1 Kings 1:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Didst thou not, O king, swear unto thy handmaid? We do not read anywhere else of this oath: but, no doubt, David had solemnly sworn to her that he would make her son his successor, knowing that God...
1 Kings 1:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ADONIJAH EXALTS HIMSELF (vs.1-10) Being 70 years old, David was near to death. He complained of the cold, though well covered with blankets. His servants thought that a young girl, a virgin, wou...
1 Kings 1:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Makes Solomon King. B. C. 1015. 11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mot...
1 Kings 1:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Kings 1:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 1:12 . Save thine own life , &c.; for had the scheme of Adonijah succeeded, all rivals to the throne would have been slain. 1 Kings 1:13 . Assure...
1 Kings 1:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 1:2 . A young virgin. This raised Abishag to the rank of a betrothed wife. No doubt there were precedents for this conduct, but history is silent on the subject. 1 Kings 1:5 . Then Adon...
1 Kings 1:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself. Usurpation David is “old and stricken in years.” Round about him there are certain proceedings which are almost always associated with the deat...
1 Kings 1:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE REVOLT OF ADONIJAH AND THE ACCESSION OF SOLOMON .—The first chapter of this book is occupied with the accession of Solomon and with the circumstances which preced...
1 Kings 1:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Kingdom
1 Kings 1:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 1:17-27 ; 2 Corinthians 13:1

1 Kings 1:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 1:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 1:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 1:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 1:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 1:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 1:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 1:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 1:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 1:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 1:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 1:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 1:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 1:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 1:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 1:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 1:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 1:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 1:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 1:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge