1 Kings 1:1
king David: Occurs in 2 Samuel 6:12 2 Samuel 6:16. 2 Samuel 7:18; 2 Samuel 8:8 2 Samuel 8:11. 2 Samuel 9:5; 2 Samuel 13:21; 2 Samuel 13:39. 2Sa 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:6;... [ Continue Reading ]
king David: Occurs in 2 Samuel 6:12 2 Samuel 6:16. 2 Samuel 7:18; 2 Samuel 8:8 2 Samuel 8:11. 2 Samuel 9:5; 2 Samuel 13:21; 2 Samuel 13:39. 2Sa 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:6;... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVANTS: i.e. his advisers, probably medical. VIRGIN. damsel. Hebrew. _bethulah_.... [ Continue Reading ]
COASTS. borders.... [ Continue Reading ]
ADONIJAH. Fourth son of David (1 Samuel 3:4). Amnon dead (2 Samuel 13:29), Absalom dead (2 Samuel 18:14), and probably Chileab (2 Samuel 3:3). MEN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS MOTHER: i.e. "Haggith". See 1 Kings 1:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOAB. This is why his name is not in 2 Samuel 23. See note on 1Ki 23:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
MIGHTY MEN. See 2Sa 23:8, 2 Samuel 23:9; 2 Samuel 23:16; 2 Samuel 23:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
EN-ROGEL. well or spring of Rogel. South side of Jerusalem, in the Kidron valley. THE KING. Some codices with Syriac, read "and the", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIDST NOT THOU. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. App-6. WHY THEN. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. App-6. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "And behold". her".... [ Continue Reading ]
MY LORD. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, add "O king". THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW.. special reading (Sevir, App-34), with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "thou". But the _Massorah_ (App-30) says the scribes were misled in reading _'attah_ (thou) instead of _'attah_ (now).... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU. thou therefore. Some codices, with three early printed editions, and Aramaean, read "And now". See note on 1 Kings 1:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEEP WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16. OFFENDERS. See App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE OWN MULE. David had not disobeyed Deuteronomy 17:16, as Absalom had done (2 Samuel 15:1) and Adonijah (1 Kings 1:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
SIT, &C. As associate king, Solomon being nineteen years of age.... [ Continue Reading ]
TABERNACLE. tent. Hebrew. _ohel_. Not the Tabernacle at Gibeon, but David's tabernacle (2 Samuel 6:17) See App-40.... [ Continue Reading ]
PIPED WITH PIPES. playing loudly on pipes. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ App-6. REJOICED WITH GREAT JOY. greatly rejoiced. THE EARTH RENT. Figure of speech _Hyperbole_. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. But. JONATHAN. David's faithful messenger of 2 Samuel 15:36 with 2 Samuel 17:17. VERILY. of. truth; or, truth to tell.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHERETHITES, &C.. bodyguard (1 Samuel 30:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
SITTETH. hath taken [his] seat.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOWED. worshipped. Compare Genesis 47:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEW HIMSELF Some codices, with one early printed edition, add "toward me". WORTHY MAN. a son of valour. NOT AN HAIR, &C. Figure of speech _Paroemia_. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]