1 Kings 1:1

1 Chronicles 23:1; 1 Chronicles 29:27; 1 Chronicles 29:28; 2 Samuel 5:4; Genesis 18:11; Genesis 24:1; Joshua 23:1; Joshua 23:2; Luke 1:7; Psalms 90:10

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now - Rather, “and.” The conjunction has here, probably, the same sort of connecting force which it has at the opening of Joshua, Judges, 1 Samue...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Now king David was (a) old [and] stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no (b) heat. The Argument - Because the children o...
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). T...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 Samu...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. Now King David was old - He was probably now a...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Now King David was old, &c.— It appears from 2 Samuel 5:4-5 that he was seventy years old. The strength of nature was so far abated in him, t...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Now ] better, 'and,' connecting this book with the history contained in the preceding.
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Introduction. B. C. 1015. 1 Now king Davi...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Old — Being in the end of his seventieth year. No heat — Which is not strange in a person who had been exercised with so many hardships in war, and...

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

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 1:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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