1 Kings 1:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not: ”

1 Kings 1:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest (i) [it] not: (i) The king being worn with age, could not attend to the affairs of the realm, and also Adonijah had many w...
1 Kings 1:18 - 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 1:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

now. . special reading (Sevir, App-34), with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "thou". But the Massorah (App-30) says the scribes were misled in reading...
1 Kings 1:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
1 Kings 1:18 - 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 1:18 - 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 1:18 - 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 1:18 - 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 1:18 - 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 1:18 - 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 1:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth ,.... Has set up himself as king, and is by some saluted as such; but lest it should be thought by David that she suggested by this that he was guilty of the breac...
1 Kings 1:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest [it] not: Ver. 18. And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth. ] His ambition hath turned off his obedience. Had his right to th...
1 Kings 1:18 - 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 1:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Makes Solomon King. B. C. 1015. 11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mot...
1 Kings 1:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This she adds, partly lest she should seem to accuse the king of inconstancy and perfidiousness; and partly to aggravate Adonijah's crime, from that gross neglect and contempt of the king which did a...
1 Kings 1:18 - 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 1:18 - 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 1:18 - 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 1:18 - 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 1:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Kingdom
1 Kings 1:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 1:11 ; 1 Kings 1:24 ; 1 Kings 1:27 ; 1 Kings 1:5 ; 2 Samuel 15:10 ; Acts 3:17

1 Kings 1:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 1:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 1:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 1:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 1:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 1:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 1:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 1:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 1:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 1:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 1:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 1:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 1:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 1:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 1:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 1:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 1:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 1:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge