Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Kings 2:23
Sware by the Lord; once here, and again, 1 Kings 2:24; which he did to oblige himself irrevocably to it, and to prevent all intercessions for his life, it being of so great importance to him.
Sware by the Lord; once here, and again, 1 Kings 2:24; which he did to oblige himself irrevocably to it, and to prevent all intercessions for his life, it being of so great importance to him.
AGAINST HIS OWN LIFE - Adonijah had forfeited his life by his former conduct, and his pardon had been merely conditional 1 Kings 1:52....
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...
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...
LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13....
_God do so to me, and more also_ This is a very idiomatic rendering for the Hebrew, which is literally -Thus shall God do to me, and thus shall He add." The expression occurs again in 1Ki 19:2, 1 King...
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...
_THEN KING SOLOMON SWARE BY THE LORD, SAYING, GOD DO SO TO ME, AND MORE ALSO, IF ADONIJAH HAVE NOT SPOKEN THIS WORD AGAINST HIS OWN LIFE._ God do so to me, and more also. The common form of introduci...
GOD DO SO, ETC.] an expression implying a wish that God would avenge the failure to carry out what was promised or threatened....
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...
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...
GOD DO SO TO ME, AND MORE ALSO. — See Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 3:17; 1 Samuel 14:44; 1 Samuel 20:13;...
וַ יִּשָּׁבַע֙ הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה בַּֽ יהו
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...
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...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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...
(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...
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...
THEN KING SOLOMON SWARE BY THE LORD,.... To prevent his mother pressing him to have her petition granted: SAYING, GOD DO SO TO ME, AND MORE ALSO; lay such and such evils upon me, and more than I care...
Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. Ver. 23. _And Solomon sware._] That his mother, seeing him so...
_Then King Solomon sware by the Lord_ Once here, and again 1 Kings 2:24, which he did to oblige himself irrevocably to perform his resolution, and to prevent all intercession for Adonijah's life, the...
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...
Then King Solomon, upon whom it now dawned that Adonijah had tried to use his mother as his tool, SWARE BY THE LORD, SAYING, GOD DO SO TO ME, AND MORE ALSO, IF ADONIJAH HAVE NOT SPOKEN THIS WORD AGAIN...
ADONIJAH FORFEITS HIS LIFE...
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...
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...
1 Kings 2:23 King H4428 Solomon H8010 swore H7650 (H8735) LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8800) God H430 do...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
1 Kings 20:10; 1 Samuel 14:44; 2 Kings 6:31; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2