Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Kings 1:12
For he will never reckon himself safe till his competitor and his friends be taken out of the way.
For he will never reckon himself safe till his competitor and his friends be taken out of the way.
Verse 1 Kings 1:12. _SAVE THINE OWN LIFE, AND THE LIFE OF THY SON_] Nathan took for granted that Adonijah would put both Bath-sheba and Solomon to death as state criminals, if he got established on t...
It would have been in accordance with general Eastern custom for Solomon to suffer death, if Adonijah had succeeded in his attempt. But to have executed his mother also would have been an unusual seve...
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...
LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13....
_save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon_ Because it has ever been the policy of an Oriental usurper, as soon as ever he had power enough, to put out of the way those who were likely to o...
THAT THOU MAYEST SAVE THINE OWN LIFE, &C.— Both Solomon and Bath-sheba would have been an immediate sacrifice, if Adonijah had succeeded in his treasonable usurpation, that he might have rid himself o...
I. THE COUNTER-MEASURES OF NATHAN 1:11-27 Adonijah's designs might have succeeded had it not been for the swift action of Nathan and Bathsheba. In narrating how the throne was made secure for Solomon,...
_NOW THEREFORE COME, LET ME, I PRAY THEE, GIVE THEE COUNSEL, THAT THOU MAYEST SAVE THINE OWN LIFE, AND THE LIFE OF THY SON SOLOMON._ Let me ... give thee counsel ... The revolt was defeated by this p...
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...
THE LIFE OF... SOLOMON. — The usurpation of Adonijah would, as a matter of course, be sealed by the blood of his rival Solomon. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 21:4.) Bath-sheba herself need hardly have been sacr...
וְ עַתָּ֕ה לְכִ֛י אִיעָצֵ֥ךְ נָ֖א עֵצָ֑ה וּ
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...
ADONIJAH'S REBELLION 1 Kings 1:5 "The king's word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?"- Ecclesiastes 8:4 THE fate of Amnon and of Absalom might have warned the son who was now th...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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...
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...
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own (g) life, and the life of thy son Solomon. (g) For Adonijah will destroy you and your son, if he reigns....
_Life. Both would have been in imminent danger, if the ambitious projects of Adonias succeeded, as he knew that the throne had been promised to Solomon by his father, and he would consider him as a da...
(11) В¶ Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? (12) Now therefore come...
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...
NOW THEREFORE COME, LET ME, I PRAY THEE, GIVE THEE COUNSEL,.... How to conduct in this affair, which she being a woman, and no doubt surprised and confounded at this relation, might be at a loss what...
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. Ver. 12. _That thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy...
[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...
Now, therefore, come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life and the life of thy son Solomon, for according to Oriental custom the opposing pretenders to the crow...
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...
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 al...
1 Kings 1:12 Come H3212 (H8798) advice H3289 (H8799) H6098 save H4422 (H8761) life H5315 life...
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,_...
_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 1:12. SAVE THINE OWN LIFE, &c.; for had the scheme of Adonijah succeeded, all rivals to the throne would have been slain. 1 Kings 1:13. ASSUREDLY SOLOMON, &c....
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 1:21; 2 Chronicles 21:4; 2 Chronicles 22:10; 2 Kings 11:1;...