1 Chronicles 29:23; 1 Kings 1:13; Haggai 2:22; Psalms 132:11
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...
sitteth . hath taken [his] seat.
And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, an...
An Intrigue for the Succession This chapter relates Adonijah's attempt to obtain the succession, its defeat through the agency of Nathan, and the...
Solomon sitteth on the throne ] similarly Jotham ruled during the lifetime of his father ( 2 Kings 15:5 ).
And also Solomon sitteth . — Jonathan’s announcement here takes up the narrative of events after 1 Kings 1:40 . The public enthronement in the pala...
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...
Justice and Brotherhood the Foundations of the State 1 Kings 1:41-53 According to popular usage, Adonijah was the rightful heir to the throne....
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...
(43) And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. (44) And the king hath sent with him Zadok the pr...
And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. Where he was placed to exercise his regal power when returned to Jerusalem, as a further tok...
And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. Ver. 46. And also Solomon sitteth. ] He is in actual possession, and therefore you are lost...
Also Solomon sitteth on the throne Being in actual possession of the kingdom, though his father be alive. For to sit upon the throne was proper to...
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...
Solomon Proclaimed. B. C. 1015. 41 A...
i.e. Is put into actual possession of the kingdom.
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 1:47 . King bowed himself upon his bed —His infirmities allowed him to do no more (compare Genesis 47:...
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's Life Spared
And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom, established and accepted as rightful king.
46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.