George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Kings 1:3
Sunamitess. Sunam was not far from Thabor, in the tribe of Issachar. (Calmet) --- This history leads us to explain the ambition and death of Adonias. (Haydock)
Sunamitess. Sunam was not far from Thabor, in the tribe of Issachar. (Calmet) --- This history leads us to explain the ambition and death of Adonias. (Haydock)
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...
COASTS. borders....
_a fair damsel_ Such as might be fitted to be one of the royal wives. A similar direction is given when Vashti has been deposed, and a new queen is to be sought for Ahasuerus (Esther 2:2). _all the c...
NOW KING DAVID WAS OLD, &C.— It appears from 2 Samuel 5:4 that he was seventy years old. The strength of nature was so far abated in him, that clothes could not keep him warm in his bed. His physician...
I. THE CONSPIRACY OF ADONIJAH 1:1-10 David's final years were full of turmoil and tribulation and even as he lay critically ill and at the point of death he was yet to experience one last heartbreak....
_SO THEY SOUGHT FOR A FAIR DAMSEL THROUGHOUT ALL THE COASTS OF ISRAEL, AND FOUND ABISHAG A SHUNAMMITE, AND BROUGHT HER TO THE KING._ A Shunammite. Shunem, in the tribe of Issachar (Joshua 19:18), lay...
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 i...
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...
A SHUNAMMITE. — Shunem is in the territory of Issachar (Joshua 19:18), and in the plain of Jezreel (1 Samuel 28:4), near Mount Gilboa. As Eusebius, describing its position carefully, calls it “Sulem,”...
וַ יְבַקְשׁוּ֙ נַעֲרָ֣ה יָפָ֔ה בְּ כֹ֖ל גְּב֣
DAVID'S DECREPITUDE 1 Kings 1:1. "Praise a fair day at night." THE old age of good men is often a beautiful spectacle. They show us the example of a mellower wisdom, a larger tolerance, a sweeter t...
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 persona...
A SELF-SEEKER'S SCHEME 1 Kings 1:1 Adonijah was the fourth son of David, but probably the oldest of those who survived. He was born after Absalom, and like him was goodly in appearance, ambitious in...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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...
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag (c) a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. (c) A city in the tribe of Issachar, (Joshua 19:18)....
(2) Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lor...
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...
SO THEY SOUGHT FOR A FAIR DAMSEL THROUGHOUT ALL THE COASTS OF ISRAEL,.... Not only a damsel, but a beautiful one, that she might be the more acceptable to the king; who otherwise, if deformed and ugly...
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. Ver. 3. _So they sought for a fair damsel._] The natural cause why t...
[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...
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag, a Shunammite, of Shunem, a city in the Plain of Jezreel, near the foot of the Little Hermon, AND BROUGHT HER TO...
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 he...
1-4 We have David sinking under infirmities. He was chastised for his recent sins, and felt the effects of his former toils and hardships....
A FAIR DAMSEL; whose beauty might engage his affections, and refresh his spirits, and invite him to those embraces which might communicate some of her natural heat to him, as was designed. A SHUNAMMIT...
1 Kings 1:3 sought H1245 (H8762) lovely H3303 woman H5291 territory H1366 Israel H3478 found H4672 (H8799) Abishag...
SECTION 1. THE LAST DAYS OF DAVID (1:1-2:12). The ‘and' with which the book begins is clearly intended to link the book to the earlier books. The writer wanted it to be seen that he was carrying on th...
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,_...
_Now King David was old and stricken in years._ THE WINTER OF LIFE I. Overtakes men in the highest rank. II. Chills the vital sources of the naturally robust. “And they covered him with clothes, an...
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...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 1:2 LET HER WAIT ON THE KING AND BE IN HIS SERVICE.... LIE IN YOUR ARMS. The Hebrew words used here imply that David could have had sexual relations with ABISHAG. The fact that...
SCENES IN THE CLOSING CAREER OF A GREAT KING CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— The opening word, “now,” is _and_, the _cop_. ו indicating the unbroken connexion of this book with a prior record. Orig...
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 2:17; 1 Samuel 28:4; 2 Kings 4:25; 2 Kings 4:8; Esther 2:2;...