1 Kings 1:11; 1 Kings 1:24; 1 Kings 1:27; 1 Kings 1:5; 2 Samuel 15:10; Acts 3:17
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest (i) [it] not: (i) The king being worn with age, could not attend to the...
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...
now. . special reading (Sevir, App-34), with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "thou". But the Massorah...
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
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...
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...
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...
Learning the King's Will 1 Kings 1:15-27 The attempt of the usurper was met and defeated through Nathan's prompt action, and by the concerted a...
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...
(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 B...
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth ,.... Has set up himself as king, and is by some saluted as such; but lest it should be thought by David that she...
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest [it] not: Ver. 18. And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth. ] His ambition...
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. ...
This she adds, partly lest she should seem to accuse the king of inconstancy and perfidiousness; and partly to aggravate Adonijah's crime, from that...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 1:16 . Bowed and did obeisance —The latter word denoting the prostrate attitude customary in the East b...
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
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth, he was even now usurping the royal authority; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not. Note the vividnes...
18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not: