1 Kings 1:43

_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, AND BRINGEST GOOD TIDINGS._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

32-53 The people expressed great joy and satisfaction in the elevation of Solomon. Every true Israelite rejoices in the exaltation of the Son of David. Combinations formed upon evil principles will soon be dissolved, when self-interest calls another way. How can those who do evil deeds expect to have good tidings? Adonijah had despised Solomon, but soon dreaded him. We see here, as in a glass, Jesus, the Son of David and the Son of God, exalted to the throne of glory, notwithstanding all his enemies. His kingdom is far greater than that of his father David, and therein all the true people of God cordially rejoice. The prosperity of his cause is vexation and terror to his enemies. No horns of the altar, nor forms of godliness, nor pretences to religion, can profit those who will not submit to His authority, and accept of his salvation; and if their submission be hypocritical, they shall p...

Verse 1 Kings 1:43. _JONATHAN ANSWERED_] He was properly a _messenger_ about the court; we have met with him and Ahimaaz before, 2 Samuel 15:36. He had now been an _observer_, if not a _spy_, on all that was doing, and relates the transactions to Adonijah, in the very order in which they took place. 1. David has nominated Solomon his successor. 2. Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah, have been appointed to set him on the king's mule. 3. They have taken him to Gihon, and anointed him there. 4. They have brought him up to Jerusalem and placed him on the throne of the kingdom....

VERILY - “Nay, but” (or, “Not so”)....

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 that event. The author, or compiler, evidently considered that his work properly began with the reign of Israel's third king, and David's illness and death are only introduced into the narrative because they necessitated a hasty and premature coronation of Solomon, and exercised an important influence on the beginning of his reign (1 Kings 2:1). In the natural order of events, Solomon would not have succeeded until his father's death, but Adonijah's attempt to possess himself of the kingdom required the immediate elevation of Sol

AND JONATHAN ANSWERED AND SAID TO ADONIJAH, VERILY,.... Or, "nay, but" k it is not so as you imagine; it is not good tidings, but bad tidings to thee I bring: OUR LORD KING DAVID HATH MADE SOLOMON KING; of which he gives the following account in proof of it. k אבל "nequaquam", V. L. Junius Tremellius, Piscator....

2. THE ANOINTING OF SOLOMON AND ADONIJAH'S SUBMISSION CHAPTER 1:28-53 _ 1. The renewed promise to Bath-sheba (1 Kings 1:28)_ 2. The anointing of Solomon commanded (1 Kings 1:32) 3. Solomon made king (1 Kings 1:38) 4. The consternation of Adonijah (1 Kings 1:41) 5. Adonijah's fear and submission (1 Kings 1:50) Bath-sheba had withdrawn while Nathan was before the king. She is called back and David once more assures her that Solomon her son should reign after him. Then David commands that Solomon

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 of actual events, told with complete impartiality, and without any attempt to comment favourably or otherwise on the events related. David is represented as a very aged man nursed by his youngest wife, Abishag the Shunammite (1 Kings 1:3). Her beauty is especially noticed as it may have caused the death of David's son, Adonijah. Shunem, her native place, was a slope overlooking the plain of Esdraelon near Jezreel, and she is the Shulammite in the Song of Songs (Ca. 1 Kings 6:13). The pivot around which all revolves is the succession. The chief claimant was Adonijah the son of Haggith ...

AND. But. JONATHAN. David's faithful messenger of 2 Samuel 15:36 with 2 Samuel 17:17. VERILY. of. truth; or, truth to tell....

_Verily our lord_, &c. The adverb implies some such sense as -Nay but". Jonathan wishes to say -It is not as you hoped, but on the contrary Solomon is proclaimed and anointed." Comp. Genesis 17:19, where the word is rendered in A. V. -indeed," but the sense is - _Nay but_Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son," instead of Ishmael being made the hope of thy family....