Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Kings 2:34
Retribution overtook Joab on the very scene (Gibeon) of the most treacherous of his murders. It was at the “great stone which is in Gibeon” that Joab killed Amasa 2 Samuel 20:8.
Retribution overtook Joab on the very scene (Gibeon) of the most treacherous of his murders. It was at the “great stone which is in Gibeon” that Joab killed Amasa 2 Samuel 20:8.
Verse 1 Kings 2:34. _SO BENAIAH - WENT UP - AND SLEW HIM_] It appears he slew him at the very altar. Joab must have been both old and infirm at this time, and now he bleeds for _Abner_, he bleeds for...
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...
_went up_ i.e. To the Tent of the Lord, which probably stood on a higher part of Mt. Zion than did Solomon's own house. _buried in his own house_ i.e. In the ground around his home. He appears to hav...
D. THE PLIGHT OF OTHER CONSPIRATORS 2:26-35 It would appear that Abiathar and Joab were again involved in the conspiracy to give the throne to Adonijah. At least this is the interpretation which Solom...
_SO BENAIAH THE SON OF JEHOIADA WENT UP, AND FELL UPON HIM, AND SLEW HIM: AND HE WAS BURIED IN HIS OWN HOUSE IN THE WILDERNESS._ Benaiah ... went up, and fell upon him. According to the terms of the...
BURIED IN HIS OWN HOUSE] cp. 1 Samuel 25:1; 2 Kings 21:18. In the wilderness] i.e. of Judah, to which tribe Joab belonged....
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...
וַ יַּ֗עַל בְּנָיָ֨הוּ֙ בֶּן ־יְהֹ֣ויָדָ֔ע וַ...
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...
PAYING PENALTY FOR BLOODY DEEDS 1 Kings 2:26 The removal of Abiathar from the office of high priest and the execution of Joab quenched the last faint hopes of the house of Saul. In the case of Abiath...
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...
_Slew him, holding the altar; though some think that he was removed by force, like Athalia, 4 Kings xi. 15. Both actions were contrary to the reverence due to so holy a place, and perhaps inexcusable;...
(28) Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. (29) A...
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 BENAIAH THE SON OF JEHOIADA WENT UP,.... To Gibeon, which was a great high place, 1 Kings 3:4; AND FELL UPON HIM, AND SLEW HIM; at the altar; or, dragging him from it at some distance, drew his sw...
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. Ver. 34. _And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness,_] _i.e.,...
_The Lord shall return his blood_ The guilt of the blood which he hath shed. _Upon his own head_ Shall make him alone bear the punishment of his iniquity. _Who fell upon two men more righteous than he...
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...
So Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up and fell upon him, in the sanctuary, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness, that of Judah, not far from Bethlehem and Tekoa....
THE END OF JOAB...
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...
26-34 Solomon's words to Abiathar, and his silence, imply that some recent conspiracies had been entered into. Those that show kindness to God's people shall have it remembered to their advantage. Fo...
Places which have but few houses and inhabitants are oft so called in Scripture, as ISAIAH 42:11 JEREMIAH 25:24 EZEKIEL 34:25....
1 Kings 2:34 Benaiah H1141 son H1121 Jehoiada H3077 up H5927 (H8799) struck H6293 (H8799) killed H4191 ...
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...
_Nay; but I will die here._ A WARRIOR’S DEATH The circumstances in which Joab uttered the words, “Nay; but I will die here,” were the outcome of a conspiracy which had been formed during the latter...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 2:28 Following David’s instructions (see vv. 1 Kings 2:5 and notes), Solomon moves to have JOAB killed....
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 2:30. NAY, BUT I WILL DIE HERE—A defiance of the king’s message, thinking that Solomon dared not order his execution there. But Joab had placed himself outside...
EXPOSITION THE DEPOSITION OF ABIATHAR AND THE DEATH OF JOAB. 1 KINGS 2:26 AND UNTO ABIATHAR THE PRIEST [see note on...
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 2:25; 1 Kings 2:31; 1 Kings 2:46; 2 Chronicles 33:20;...
Wilderness — Places which have but few houses and inhabitants, are often so called in scripture. He was buried privately, like a criminal, not pompously, like a general....