1 Kings 2:28; Exodus 21:14; Exodus 38:2; Psalms 118:27
On the “horns” of the altar, see Exodus 27:2 note. The altar to which Adonijah fled was probably in the “tabernacle” already referred to 1 Kings...
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the (t) altar. (t) Which David his father had built in...
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 Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. Adonijah feared - He knew he had usurped the...
And Adonijah—went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar— Conscious that he had committed a crime worthy of death, in usurping the kingdom with...
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. Adonijah ... went, and caught hold on...
An Intrigue for the Succession This chapter relates Adonijah's attempt to obtain the succession, its defeat through the agency of Nathan, and the...
The horns of the altar ] The altar intended was probably one erected in or before the tent that sheltered the ark: see on 1 Kings 1:39 and cp. 1...
The horns of the altar . — The horns were projections from the altar, to which (see Psalms 118:27 ) the victims were fastened, and on which the blo...
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...
(50) And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. God's altar was considered, in the wild...
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon ,.... Lest he should seize him as an usurper and traitor, and put him to death: and arose, and went, and ca...
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. Ver. 50. On the horns of the altar. ] Whic...
Adonijah feared , &c. He fled to the altar for protection and safety, it being a privileged place; not, indeed, by the appointment of the law, b...
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...
Either that which was at Gibeon, as appears from 1 Chronicles 16:39 2 Chronicles 1:3 ; and was made with four horns, Exodus 38:2 ; to which t...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 1:50 . Caught hold on the horns of the altar: an act by which he appealed to God and man that his life...
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...
Adonijah feared because of Solomon. The best way of overcoming David did not directly attack this false kingdom of Adonijah’s. He did set up th...
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 Adonijah, the chief conspirator, feared because of Solomon, and arose, having been abandoned by his panic-stricken followers, and went, and ca...
50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.