1 Kings 1:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? ”

1 Kings 1:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bath-sheba bowed, like the woman of Tekoah 2 Samuel 14:4 , with the humble prostration of a suppliant. Hence, the king’s question, “What wouldest thou?”
1 Kings 1:16 - 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 1:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
1 Kings 1:16 - 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 1:16 - 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 1:16 - 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 1:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...
1 Kings 1:16 - 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 1:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(15) And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. (16) And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. A...
1 Kings 1:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king ,.... Not only as being her husband, but her sovereign; and this behaviour might intimate, that she had something to say to him, and more than to i...
1 Kings 1:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? Ver. 16. What wouldest thou? ] Heb., What to thee? q.d., I am ready to hearken to thee. She had been...
1 Kings 1:16 - 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 1:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Makes Solomon King. B. C. 1015. 11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mot...
1 Kings 1:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Kings 1:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 1:16 . Bowed and did obeisance —The latter word denoting the prostrate attitude customary in the East before kings. 1 Kings 1:21 . Shall be counted o...
1 Kings 1:16 - 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 1:16 - 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 1:16 - 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 1:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Kingdom
1 Kings 1:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 1:23 ; 1 Kings 2:20 ; 1 Samuel 20:41 ; 1 Samuel 24:8 ; 1 Samuel 25:23 ; Esther 7:2 ; Matthew 20:21 ; Matthew 20:32

1 Kings 1:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 1:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 1:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 1:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 1:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 1:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 1:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 1:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 1:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 1:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 1:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 1:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 1:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 1:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 1:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 1:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 1:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge