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1 Kings 2:1 open_in_new
charged. Compare Joshua 1:6-9.
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1 Kings 2:2 open_in_new
the way of all the earth. Compare Joshua 23:14.
strong. resolute. Necessary advice for Solomon. the peaceable.
man. Hebrew. ish. App-14.
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1 Kings 2:3 open_in_new
charge. Compare Leviticus 8:35; Leviticus 18:30.
the Lord. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
God. Hebrew. Elohim.
to keep. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "and to keep", thus enlarging the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in this verse.
as it is written. Compare Deuteronomy 17:18; Deuteronomy 17:19; Joshua 1:6-8. Note the emphasis laid on God's Word written. See note on Exodus 17:14, and App-47.
prosper do wisely.
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1 Kings 2:4 open_in_new
continue. establish.
children. sons. Compare 2 Samuel 7:8; 2 Samuel 7:11-16.
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
fail. be cut off from.
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1 Kings 2:5 open_in_new
Joab. Zeruiah. David's own sister's son.
did to me. David does not mention the worst sin, the death of Absalom.
Abner. Compare 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 3:39.
Amasa. Compare 2 Samuel 20:9-11; 1 Chronicles 2:17.
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1 Kings 2:6 open_in_new
the grave. Hebrew. Sheol. App-35. Note "the", not "a". Compare 1 Kings 2:9.
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1 Kings 2:7 open_in_new
Barzillai. Compare 2 Samuel 17:27; 2 Samuel 17:29; 2 Samuel 19:31; 2 Samuel 19:32.
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1 Kings 2:8 open_in_new
Shimei. Compare 2 Samuel 16:5-13; 2 Samuel 19:18-23.
I sware. Compare 2Sa. 19-23.
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1 Kings 2:9 open_in_new
for. Note the parenthesis as indicated. Figure of speech Epitrechon.
but. neither, as in Psalms 38:1, the second negative being omitted, as is frequently the case. Literally "and [not]". See Psalms 9:18 (Revised Version nor); 1Ki 38:1 (neither); 1Ki 75:5.Proverbs 24:12; Proverbs 25:27; Isaiah 38:18. The Ellipsis must be supplied here, as it is in the above passages. The Hebrew Vav (?) is disjunctive (as well as conjunctive), and is frequently translated "or" (see note on Judges 11:31), and with. negative "nor" and "neither", as it should be here, &c. Solomon obeyed David's former alternative and did not "hold him guiltless" (1 Kings 2:36); but punished him for. fresh offence (verses: 1 Kings 2:42-46).
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1 Kings 2:14 open_in_new
she said. Some codices, with two early printed editions Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, add "unto him".
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1 Kings 2:16 open_in_new
deny me not. Hebrew idiom. "turn not away my face": face being put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part) for the whole person. App-6.
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1 Kings 2:17 open_in_new
say thee nay. turn away thy face. See note above.
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1 Kings 2:18 open_in_new
Well. good.
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1 Kings 2:19 open_in_new
seat. throne.
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1 Kings 2:21 open_in_new
be given. The verb is masculine, as it usually is when. woman acts. man's part.
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1 Kings 2:23 open_in_new
life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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1 Kings 2:24 open_in_new
as. according as.
promised. Compare 2 Samuel 7:12; 2 Samuel 7:13.
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1 Kings 2:26 open_in_new
Anathoth. Compare Joshua 21:18.
fields. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "estate".
worthy of death. Hebrew idiom. "a man of death". doomed to death. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
Lord GOD. Adonai Jehovah. App-4. (2).
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1 Kings 2:27 open_in_new
fulfil. Compare 1 Samuel 2:31; 1 Samuel 2:36. Already partly fulfilled (1 Samuel 4:11. and now, wholly, in 1 Kings 2:35).
Shiloh. Compare 1 Samuel 2:35.
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1 Kings 2:28 open_in_new
Absalom. Syriac and Vulgate read "Solomon".
tabernacle. Hebrew. 'ohel, tent. See App-40.
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1 Kings 2:30 open_in_new
Nay; but. here. The famous Mugah codex quoted in the Massorah adds "to him". App-30.
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1 Kings 2:32 open_in_new
men. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14.
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1 Kings 2:36 open_in_new
any whither. Figure of speech Paronomasia. App-6. Hebrew. 'aneh va anah. hither and thither.
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1 Kings 2:37 open_in_new
on the day. Same as Genesis 2:17. Here several days must have elapsed.
shalt surely die. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6. Hebrew "a dying thou shalt die", as in Genesis 2:17.
thine own head. thyself, "head" being put by Fig, Synecdoche (of the Part) for the whole person. App-6. See note on 1 Kings 2:9.
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1 Kings 2:39 open_in_new
Gath. Sixty-four miles away. Therefore the expression "in the day" must refer to. longer period.