Blessed, &c. — It is a great satisfaction to good men, when they are going out of the world, to see their children rising up in their stead, to serve God and their generation: and especially to see peace upon Israel, and the establishment of it.
2. THE ANOINTING OF SOLOMON AND ADONIJAH'S SUBMISSION CHAPTER 1:28-53 _ 1. The renewed promise to Bath-sheba (1 Kings 1:28)_ 2. The anointing of Solomon commanded (1 Kings 1:32) 3. Solomon made ki...
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...
_the Lord God_ See on 1 Kings 1:30. _given_one _to sit_ Of course he means -one of my own family and the one whom I specially wished." The LXX. adds here the words -of my seed" and a like addition is...
C. THE APPREHENSION OF ADONIJAH 1:41-53 While Jerusalem was jubilant at the coronation of a new king, the assembly at En-rogel was filled with fear and apprehension. The two paragraphs of this section...
_AND WHILE HE YET SPAKE, BEHOLD, JONATHAN THE SON OF ABIATHAR THE PRIEST CAME: AND ADONIJAH SAID UNTO HIM, COME IN; FOR THOU ART A VALIANT MAN, AND BRINGEST GOOD TIDINGS._ No JFB commentary on these...
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...
וְ גַם ־כָּ֖כָה אָמַ֣ר הַ מֶּ֑לֶךְ בָּר֨וּךְ
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;...
JUSTICE AND BROTHERHOOD THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE STATE 1 Kings 1:41 According to popular usage, Adonijah was the rightful heir to the throne. He was handsome and kingly in appearance and behavior. He w...
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...
(43) And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. (44) And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son o...
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...
AND ALSO THUS SAID THE KING,.... Being in a proper posture for an address to God: BLESSED [BE] THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, WHICH HATH GIVEN [ONE] TO SIT ON MY THRONE THIS DAY, MINE EYES SEEING [IT]; he a...
And also thus said the king, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, which hath given [one] to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing [it]. Ver. 48. _To sit on my throne this day._] Neverthele...
_Also Solomon sitteth on the throne_ Being in actual possession of the kingdom, though his father be alive. For to sit upon the throne was proper to the king; and none else, on pain of death, might be...
[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...
And also thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. Cf Genesis 47:31....
Adonijah's Life Spared...
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...
32-53 The people expressed great joy and satisfaction in the elevation of Solomon. Every true Israelite rejoices in the exaltation of the Son of David. Combinations formed upon evil principles will s...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Kings 1:48 king H4428 said H559 (H8804) Blessed H1288 (H8803) LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478 given...
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,_...
_Blessed be the Lord God of Israel._ THE JOY OF AGED AND DYING SAINTS It is matter of great joy and thankfulness to aged Christians, when they are dying, to leave their families in prosperous and pe...
_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—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 1:41 Adonijah’s GUESTS, who were in En-rogel (v. 1 Kings 1:9), were not able to directly observe Solomon’s anointing (vv....
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 1:47. KING BOWED HIMSELF UPON HIS BED—His infirmities allowed him to do no more (compare Genesis 47:31). _HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 1:41_ THE DEFEAT OF REBELLION
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 Chronicles 17:11; 1 Chronicles 17:17; 1 Chronicles 29:10; 1 Chronicles 29:20;...