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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...
And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. The king knew her not - The maxim of Bacon...
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...
And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. No JFB commentary on this verse.
An Intrigue for the Succession This chapter relates Adonijah's attempt to obtain the succession, its defeat through the agency of Nathan, and the...
DAVID'S DECREPITUDE 1 Kings 1:1-4 . "Praise a fair day at night." THE old age of good men is often a beautiful spectacle. They show us the exam...
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...
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...
(2) Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her che...
And the damsel [was] very fair ,.... And so very agreeable to the king to be in his presence, and wait upon him, and take things of her hand, as wel...
And the damsel [was] very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. Ver. 4. And the damsel was very fair....
The king knew her not Did not enjoy her as his wife, but she remained still a virgin: which is mentioned to signify the continuance and progress of...
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...
Introduction. B. C. 1015. 1 Now king Davi...
Which is mentioned to note the continuance and progress of the king's malady, and the ground of Adonijah's rebellion, and of his following request,...
SECTION 1. The Last Days Of David (1:1-2:12). The ‘and' with which the book begins is clearly intended to link the book to the earlier books. The...
SCENES IN THE CLOSING CAREER OF A GREAT KING CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— The opening word, “now,” is and , the cop . ו indicating the unbr...
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...
Now King David was old and stricken in years. The Winter of Life I. Overtakes men in the highest rank. II. Chills the vital sources of the n...
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 the damsel was very fair, exceedingly beautiful, and cherished the king, she was his nurse and attendant, and ministered to him; but the king...
Knew her not — Which is mentioned to note the continuance and progress of the king's malady.
4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.