Daniel 5:4-6; Isaiah 21:4; Isaiah 21:5; Proverbs 28:1
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 all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
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...
And all the guests . — Nothing is more striking than the sudden and humiliating collapse of the attempt of Adonijah, strongly supported as it was by...
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 all the guests that [were] with Adonijah [were] afraid ,.... Though many of them were military men, the general of the army, and the captains th...
And all the guests that [were] with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. Ver. 49. And all the guests. ] Who had now noth...
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. The way to his own house, lest they should be discovered and taken.
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 all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, every added statement served to make their messenger's report more unwelcome to the conspirat...
49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.