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ASK FOR HIM THE KINGDOM ALSO - Bath-sheba had not seen anything
dangerous or suspicious in Adonijah’s request. Solomon, on the
contrary, takes alarm at once. To ask for Abishag was to ask for the
king...
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II. SOLOMON'S GLORIOUS REIGN. HIS FAILURE AND END
1. The Righteous judgment of Solomon
CHAPTER 2:12-46)
_ 1. Solomon upon the throne (1 Kings 2:12)_
2. Adonijah's request (1 Kings 2:13)
3. Bath-s...
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DEATH OF DAVID; SOLOMON ESTABLISHED ON HIS THRONE. The main source of
this chapter is the same as that of 1, but interspersed are
Deuteronomic additions (1 Kings 2:3 f., 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 2:27).
T...
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_and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah_ These
two having aided Adonijah in his attempt on the throne, would
naturally have been his chief ministers and advisers had he succeeded...
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ASK FOR HIM THE KINGDOM ALSO— That is, "Ask, I say, the kingdom for
him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah, by
whose counsel he endeavours to invade the kingdom:" which is as mu...
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C. THE PUNISHMENT ORDERED BY SOLOMON 2:22-25
TRANSLATION
(22) And King Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why are
you asking for Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well
ask...
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DAVID'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
The recital of David's last charge to Solomon and his death is
followed by an account of the execution of Adonijah, Joab, and Shimei.
3, 4. Cp. Deuteronomy 17; 2 Samu...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 2
DAVID’S INSTRUCTIONS TO SOLOMON
Solomon was now the king. But before David died, he gave some special
instructions to Solomon. David t...
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AND WHY DOST THOU ASK? — In Solomon’s answer there is a certain
bitterness, venting itself in irony, which seems to argue the mingling
with kingly dignity and policy of some passionate feeling, not un...
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וַ יַּעַן֩ הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה וַ
יֹּ֣אמֶר
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AVENGING JUSTICE
1 Kings 2:13.
The wrath of a king is "as messengers of death."- Proverbs 16:14
THE reign of Solomon began with a threefold deed of blood. An Eastern
king, surrounded by the many pri...
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A FOOLISH AND FATAL PETITION
1 Kings 2:10
So David's troubled life came to a close, but he has never ceased to
lead the praises of the saints.
At the very beginning of his reign Solomon was confront...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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In the last charge of David there was first a recognition of the
sphere of Solomon's safety. In all probability his personal influence
had been great with his son, but now he was going "the way of all...
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And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou
ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the (l) kingdom
also; for he [is] mine elder brother; even for him, and for A...
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The kingdom. It was a maxim in most of the oriental courts, that the
things which had belonged to the king, should not be enjoyed by any
but his successor. (Grotius) --- Hence Adonias might be suspect...
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(13) And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of
Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
(14) He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And...
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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...
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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...
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AND KING SOLOMON ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIS MOTHER,.... With as much
gentleness and mildness as he could, but inwardly fired at her
request, and amazed at it, and could not forbear using some degree o...
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And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou
ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also;
for he [is] mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiat...
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_Ask for him the kingdom also_ His design is not upon Abishag, but
upon the kingdom; which by this means he hopes to recover. “That
Adonijah had such a design is very probable,” says Poole, “both
from...
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1 Dauid hauing giuen a charge to Solomon,
3 of religiousnesse,
5 of Ioab,
7 of Barzillai,
8 of Shimei,
10 dieth.
12 Solomon succeedeth.
13 Adoniiah, mouing Bath-sheba to sue vnto Solomon for Ab...
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ADONIJAH FORFEITS HIS LIFE...
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And King Solomon, who immediately saw through the intrigue of Adonijah
and was fully aware of the consequences, ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIS
MOTHER, AND WHY DOST THOU ASK ABISHAG THE SHUNAMMITE FOR ADON...
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DAVID'S LAST WORDS TO SOLOMON
(vs.1-9)
As David was about to die, his words to Solomon have serious
significance. Just as Paul (2 Timothy 4:1) and Peter (2 Peter 1:12)
were concerned about the testim...
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12-25 Solomon received Bathsheba with all the respect that was owing
to a mother; but let none be asked for that which they ought not to
grant. It ill becomes a good man to prefer a bad request, or t...
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ASK FOR HIM THE KINGDOM ALSO: his design is not upon Abishag, but upon
the kingdom; which, by this means, he thinks to recover; partly
because she was the last king's wife, or concubine, which might
s...
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1 Kings 2:22 King H4428 Solomon H8010 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559
(H8799) mother H517 ask H7592 ...
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CONTENTS: David's charge to Solomon, David's death. Execution of
Adonijah. Abiathar removed. Execution of Shimei.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Solomon, Bath-sheba, Adonijah, Abishag, Joab,
Abiatha, Benaia...
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1 Kings 2:5. _Thou knowest what Joab did to me._ David does not
mention Absalom, but that was the deed that touched his heart; the
blood of Abner and of Amasa still cried to heaven.
1 Kings 2:9. _But...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 2:22 MY OLDER BROTHER. At least some
Israelites would have believed that the eldest son had a special claim
to the throne.
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 2:13. COMEST THOU PEACEABLY?—After recent events, there was
reason to suspect his design.
1 Kings 2:15. THE KINGDOM IS TURNED ABOUT—He prudently thus evades...
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EXPOSITION
ADONIJAH'S INTRIGUE.
1 KINGS 2:12
AND SOLOMON SATE ON THE THRONE OF DAVID HIS FATHER, AND HIS KINGDOM
[_i.e; _dominion, sway] was established greatly. [Cf. 2 Chronicles
1:1,...
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So the days of David drew nigh when he was going to die; and he
charged Solomon his son, saying, I go the way of all the earth: be
thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man (1 Kings 2:1-2);
Now he...
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1 Kings 1:11; 1 Kings 1:24; 1 Kings 1:25; 1 Kings 1:5; James 4:3;...