What does 1 Kings 1:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king."
INTO THE CHAMBER - The “bed-chamber” or “inner chamber.” Abishag was a disinterested witness present, who heard all that Bath-sheba said to David....
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. DAVID'S LAST DAYS AND THE CROWNING OF SOLOMON 1. Adonijah's Exaltation to be King CHAPTER 1:1-27 _ 1. David's decrepitude (1 Kings 1:1)_ 2. Adonijah's self-exaltation...
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). The narrative bears every sign of an authentic account...
Bath-sheba before King David (Not in Chronicles) 15. _and the king was very old_ This sentence is in explanation why Bath-sheba went into the bedchamber of the king. David was too feeble to go forth,...
B. BATHSHEBA'S IMPASSIONED PLEA 1:15-21 TRANSLATION (15) Then Bathsheba went unto the king to the chamber (now the king was very old and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering unto the king). (16) An...
_GO AND GET THEE IN UNTO KING DAVID, AND SAY UNTO HIM, DIDST NOT THOU, MY LORD, O KING, SWEAR UNTO THINE HANDMAID, SAYING, ASSUREDLY SOLOMON THY SON SHALL REIGN AFTER ME, AND HE SHALL SIT UPON MY THRO...
AN INTRIGUE FOR THE SUCCESSION This chapter relates Adonijah's attempt to obtain the succession, its defeat through the agency of Nathan, and the enthronement of Solomon. The history contained in it...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ ABOUT THE BOOKS OF 1 KINGS AND 2 KINGS AUTHOR We do not know who wrote the books. Some people say that Jeremiah did. He lived just before Jerusa...
וַ תָּבֹ֨א בַת־שֶׁ֤בֶע אֶל ־הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ הַ חַ֔דְרָה וְ הַ מֶּ֖לֶךְ זָקֵ֣ן מְאֹ֑ד וַֽ...
AN EASTERN COURT AND HOME 1 Kings 1:1 "Pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness." Ezekiel 16:49 A MAN does not choose his own destiny; it is ordained for higher ends than his own person...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 4:1; 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1;...
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. The first Book deals mainly with events centering aro...
(15) And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. (16) And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. An...
The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people desi...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. Before David's death the iniquity and ambition of a son whom he "had not displeased at any time "led to the solemn proclamation of Solomon, to whom G...
AND BATHSHEBA WENT IN UNTO THE KING INTO THE CHAMBER,.... Where he lay, being bedridden; she took Nathan's advice, and directly went to the king's apartment: AND THE KING WAS VERY OLD: and decrepit,...
And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. Ver. 15. _And the king was very old._] Yet little more than half...
_Didst thou not, O king, swear unto thy handmaid?_ We do not read anywhere else of this oath: but, no doubt, David had solemnly sworn to her that he would make her son his successor, knowing that God...
[ABISHAG. ADONIJAH HIS TREASON.] 1 Abishag cherisheth Dauid in his extreame age. 5 Adonijah, Dauids dearling, vsurpeth the kingdome. 11 By the counsel of Nathan, 15 Bath-sheba moueth the king, 22...
ADONIJAH ATTEMPTS TO SEIZE THE KINGDOM...
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 servants thought that a young girl, a virgin, would h...
11-31 Observe Nathan's address to Bathsheba. Let me give thee counsel how to save thy own life, and the life of thy son. Such as this is the counsel Christ's ministers give us in his name, to give all...
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1 Kings 1:15 Bathsheba H1339 went H935 (H8799) chamber H2315 king H4428 king H4428 very H3966 old H2204 (H8804) Abishag H49 Shunammite H7767 serving H8334 (H8764) king H4428) very old - 1 Kings 1:2-4...
CONTENTS: David's declining strength. Adonijah plots to seize kingdom. Counter plot of Nathan and Bath-sheba. Solomon annointed. CHARACTERS: God, David, Solomon, (Adonijah), Joab, Nathan, Bath-sheba,...
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 silent on the subject. 1 Kings 1:5. _Then Adonijah,...
_Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself._ USURPATION David is “old and stricken in years.” Round about him there are certain proceedings which are almost always associated with the death of...
1 KINGS 1:1 The Reign of King Solomon. 1 Kings 1:1 describes the reign of David’s son Solomon. Solomon was a great king when he obeyed God and depended on God for wisdom, but his reign ended tragicall...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 1:16. BOWED AND DID OBEISANCE—The latter word denoting the prostrate attitude customary in the East before kings. 1 Kings 1:21. SHALL BE COUNTED OFFENDERS—Co...
EXPOSITION THE REVOLT OF ADONIJAH AND THE ACCESSION OF SOLOMON.—The first chapter of this book is occupied with the accession of Solomon and with the circumstances which preceded, marked, and followed...
Tonight let's turn to First Kings beginning with chapter one. First Kings, of course, is just the continuation of the history of the kings of Judah and Israel. First and Second Samuel are taken up pre...
1 Kings 1:2...