1 Kings 1:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.e ”

1 Kings 1:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall sleep - This euphemism for death, rare in the early Scriptures - being found only once in the Pentateuch (margin reference.), and once also in the historical books before Kings 2 Samuel 7:...
1 Kings 1:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be (k) counted offenders. (k) And so put to death as wicked transgressors.
1 Kings 1:21 - 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 1:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sleep with his fathers. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16 . offenders. See App-44.
1 Kings 1:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. Shall be counted offenders - When Adonijah and his party sha...
1 Kings 1:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. I and my son ... shall be counted offenders - i:e.,...
1 Kings 1:21 - 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 1:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall sleep with his fathers. — Here this phrase, so constantly used in the record of the death of the kings, occurs in these books for the first time. (It is also found in the message of promise b...
1 Kings 1:21 - 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 1:21 - 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 1:21 - 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 1:21 - 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 1:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers ,.... That is, shall die, and be buried in the sepulchre of his ancestors, where he shall lie till he awakes in th...
1 Kings 1:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. Ver. 21. Shall be counted offenders. ] Heb., Sinners. Er...
1 Kings 1:21 - 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 1:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Makes Solomon King. B. C. 1015. 11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mot...
1 Kings 1:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall sleep with his fathers, i.e. die as his fathers did. See Genesis 47:30 . I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders; we shall be punished with death as malefactors, as guilty of pra...
1 Kings 1:21 - 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 1:21 - 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 1:21 - 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 1:21 - 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 1:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Kingdom
1 Kings 1:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:10 ; 1 Kings 2:15 ; 1 Kings 2:22-24 ; Deuteronomy 31:16 ; Genesis 15:15

1 Kings 1:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 1:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 1:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 1:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 1:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 1:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 1:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 1:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 1:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 1:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 1:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 1:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 1:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 1:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 1:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 1:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 1:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 1:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 1:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 1:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge