1 Kings 1:17-27; 2 Corinthians 13:1
Confirm thy words - “ Establish” them, by giving a second testimony. Nathan thinks it best to move David’s affections first through Bath-sheba, be...
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and (h) confirm thy words. (h) By declaring such things, as may...
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...
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
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 s...
An Intrigue for the Succession This chapter relates Adonijah's attempt to obtain the succession, its defeat through the agency of Nathan, and the...
While thou yet talkest. — The whole history seems to indicate a growth of royal state and Oriental reverence for the king’s person since the defeat...
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...
ADONIJAH'S REBELLION 1 Kings 1:5-53 "The king's word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?"- Ecclesiastes 8:4 THE fate of A...
a Self-Seeker's Scheme 1 Kings 1:1-14 Adonijah was the fourth son of David, but probably the oldest of those who survived. He was born after Ab...
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...
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. Th...
(11) В¶ Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and Dav...
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king ,.... Before, or by the time she could deliver the above words to him, or such as she should thin...
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. Ver. 14. I will come in after thee, and...
Didst thou not, O king, swear unto thy handmaid? We do not read anywhere else of this oath: but, no doubt, David had solemnly sworn to her that he...
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...
David Makes Solomon King. B. C. 1015. ...
No text from Poole on this verse.
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 1:12 . Save thine own life , &c.; for had the scheme of Adonijah succeeded, all rivals to the thron...
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...
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself. Usurpation David is “old and stricken in years.” Round about him there are certain proceeding...
EXPOSITION THE REVOLT OF ADONIJAH AND THE ACCESSION OF SOLOMON .—The first chapter of this book is occupied with the accession...
Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Kingdom
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, to follow up the effect of the first announcement, and confirm t...
14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirmd thy words.