1 Kings 2:2

THE WAY OF ALL THE EARTH. Compare Joshua 23:14. STRONG. resolute. Necessary advice for Solomon. the peaceable. MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Kings 2:3

CHARGE. Compare Leviticus 8:35; Leviticus 18:30. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ TO KEEP. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "and to keep", thus enlarging the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in this verse. AS IT IS WRITTEN. Compare Deuteronomy... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Kings 2:4

CONTINUE. establish. CHILDREN. sons. Compare 2 Samuel 7:8; 2 Samuel 7:11. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13. FAIL. be cut off from.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Kings 2:5

JOAB. ZERUIAH. David's own sister's son. DID TO ME. David does not mention the worst sin, the death of Absalom. ABNER. Compare 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 3:39. AMASA. Compare 2 Samuel 20:9; 1 Chronicles 2:17.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Kings 2:9

FOR. Note the parenthesis as indicated. Figure of speech _Epitrechon_. BUT. neither, as in Psalms 38:1, the second negative being omitted, as is frequently the case. Literally "and [not]". See Psalms 9:18 (Revised Version nor); 1Ki 38:1 (neither); 1Ki 75:5.Proverbs 24:12; Proverbs 25:27; Isaiah 38:1... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Kings 2:16

DENY ME NOT. Hebrew idiom. "turn not away my face": face being put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part) for the whole person. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Kings 2:26

ANATHOTH. Compare Joshua 21:18. FIELDS. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "estate". WORTHY OF DEATH. Hebrew idiom. "a man of death". doomed to death. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. LORD GOD. Adonai Jehovah. App-4. (2).... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Kings 2:27

FULFIL. Compare 1 Samuel 2:31; 1 Samuel 2:36. Already partly fulfilled (1 Samuel 4:11. and now, wholly, in 1 Kings 2:35). SHILOH. Compare 1 Samuel 2:35.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Kings 2:37

ON THE DAY. Same as Genesis 2:17. Here several days must have elapsed. SHALT SURELY DIE. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_. App-6. Hebrew "a dying thou shalt die", as in Genesis 2:17. THINE OWN HEAD. thyself, "head" being put by Fig, _Synecdoche_ (of the Part) for the whole person. App-6. See note on... [ Continue Reading ]

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