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

Bible Comments

king David: Occurs in 2 Samuel 6:12 2 Samuel 6:16. 2 Samuel 7:18; 2 Samuel 8:8 2 Samuel 8:11. 2 Samuel 9:5; 2 Samuel 13:21; 2 Samuel 13:39. 2Sa 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:6; 2 Samuel 17:17; 2 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 19:11; 2 Samuel 19:16. Books begins with king David and ends with king of Babylon. Opens with Temple built, and closes with Temple burnt. Begins with David's first successor on the throne of his kingdom, and ends with David's last successor released from the house of the captivity. Characters of all are tested by the standard if David.

old: About seventy. Compare 2 Samuel 5:4; 2 Samuel 5:5.

gat no heat. Compare Psalms 32:3; Psalms 32:4.

1 Kings 1:1

1 Now king David was old and strickena in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.