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The “establishment” of the kingdom here intended is probably its
universal acceptance both by the tribe of Judah and the other
Israelites....
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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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_THEN SAT SOLOMON UPON THE THRONE OF DAVID HIS FATHER; AND HIS KINGDOM
WAS ESTABLISHED GREATLY._
Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father. His ascension
to the royal dignity was made unde...
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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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HIS KINGDOM WAS ESTABLISHED GREATLY. — From the notice in the
closing verse of the chapter, that after the deaths of Adonijah, Joab,
and Shimei, and the degradation of Abiathar, “the kingdom was
estab...
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וּ שְׁלֹמֹ֕ה יָשַׁ֕ב עַל ־כִּסֵּ֖א
דָּוִ֣ד אָ
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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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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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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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_Sat, exercising the same authority, as he had done in his father's
life-time, chap. i. 53. (Calmet) (St. Augustine, de C.[City of God?]
xvii. 8.) (Salien, the year before Christ 1033.) --- The public...
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(12) В¶ Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and
his kingdom was established greatly.
From hence we may properly date the commencement of Solomon's reign.
And let the Reader observe...
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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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THEN SAT SOLOMON ON THE THRONE OF DAVID HIS FATHER,.... So he did in
his lifetime, with his consent, and by his order, and now by the
agreement of the whole people:
AND HIS KINGDOM WAS ESTABLISHED GR...
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Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom
was established greatly.
Ver. 12. _And his kingdom was established greatly,_] _sc., _ After
that he had cut off those three arch-...
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_Then sat Solomon upon the throne_, &c. The kingdom was settled upon
him with universal consent and approbation. _His kingdom was
established_ He had the hearty affections of his people, which all men...
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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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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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Being settled upon him with universal consent and approbation, and
with the hearty affections of his people, which all wise men know to
be a prince's best and surest establishment....
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1 Kings 2:12 Solomon H8010 sat H3427 (H8804) throne H3678 father H1
David H1732 kingdom H4438 firmly H3966 established
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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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_So David slept with his fathers _
VIEWS OF LIFE AND DEATH
The view which is presented in the Scripture of the death of saints is
the exact opposite of that which is popular to-day.
You nearly, with...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 2:12 HIS KINGDOM WAS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED. God
has done for Solomon what he had done earlier for David (2 Samuel
5:12), keeping his promise to David ...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 2:10. BURIED IN THE CITY OF DAVID—A tomb probably prepared
by the king before he died, and afterwards marked with great
veneration, even in the time of Christ...
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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 Chronicles 29:23; 1 Kings 1:46; 2 Chronicles 1:1; 2 Samuel 7:12;...