1 Kings 1:18

And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 1:11 ; 1 Kings 1:24 ; 1 Kings 1:27 ; 1 Kings 1:5 ; 2 Samuel 15:10 ; Acts 3:17

¹⁸ And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 1:18

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 1:18