Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Kings 1:5
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and (d) fifty men to run before him.
(d) Read (2 Samuel 15:1).
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and (d) fifty men to run before him.
(d) Read (2 Samuel 15:1).
Verse 1 Kings 1:5. _ADONIJAH THE SON OF HAGGITH_] Who this woman was we know not; Adonijah was evidently David's eldest son now living, and one of whom his father was particularly fond; see 1 Kings 1:...
THE NARRATIVE CONCERNING - Abishag, the Shunammite (see the margin reference “a”), is introduced as necessary for a proper understanding of Adonijah’s later history (see 1 Kings 2:13.) But even as it...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. DAVID'S LAST DAYS AND THE CROWNING OF SOLOMON 1. Adonijah's Exaltation to be King CHAPTER 1:1-27 _ 1. David's decrepitude (1 Kings 1:1)_ 2. Adonijah's self-exaltation...
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...
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).
Adonijah attempts to make himself king (Not in Chronicles) 5. _Adonijah, the son of Haggith_ He seems now to have been the eldest of David's living sons. See the list of them 2 Samuel 3:2-5. Amnon and...
B. ADONIJAH'S DESIGNS 1:5-10 TRANSLATION (5) Now Adonijah the son of Haggith was exalting himself, saying, Surely I will be king! And he prepared for himself a chariot, horses,[80] and fifty men who...
_THEN ADONIJAH THE SON OF HAGGITH EXALTED HIMSELF, SAYING, I WILL BE KING: AND HE PREPARED HIM CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN, AND FIFTY MEN TO RUN BEFORE HIM._ Then Adonijah son of Haggith exalted himself. N...
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...
ADONIJAH] The fourth son of David (2 Samuel 3:4). Of his three elder brothers, two, Amnon and Absalom, were certainly by this time dead; and the indulgence with which Adonijah was treated by his fathe...
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...
ADONIJAH (_my Lord is Jehovah_), David’s fourth son, born in Hebron (2 Samuel 3:4), at least thirty-three years before. From the words of Solomon in 1 Kings 2:22, we may gather that he claimed the thr...
וַ אֲדֹנִיָּ֧ה בֶן ־חַגִּ֛ית מִתְנַשֵּׂ֥א לֵ...
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...
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...
A SELF-SEEKER'S SCHEME 1 Kings 1:1 Adonijah was the fourth son of David, but probably the oldest of those who survived. He was born after Absalom, and like him was goodly in appearance, ambitious in...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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...
Him. He was not deterred by the fate of Absalom. (Haydock) --- He was now the eldest son, and gave himself out for the presumptive heir. (Calmet) --- David is blamed for some remissness, in not repres...
(5) В¶ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. (6) And his father had not displeased him 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...
THEN ADONIJAH THE SON OF HAGGITH EXALTED HIMSELF,.... This was his mother's name, 2 Samuel 3:4; his father David being old and infirm, and not like to live long, notable to oppose him; and he being th...
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. Ver. 5. _Exalted himself, saying, I will be king....
_Then_ Upon notice of the desperateness of the king's disease, and the approach of his death; _Adonijah exalted himself_ Entertained high thoughts and designs; _saying, I will be king_ As the right of...
[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...
Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, exalted himself, saying, I will be king. Amnon having been murdered, Chileab, or Daniel, having apparently died in childhood, and Absalom having perished in the insu...
ADONIJAH ATTEMPTS TO SEIZE THE KINGDOM...
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...
BE KING: _ Heb._ reign...
5-10 Indulgent parents are often chastised with disobedient children, who are anxious to possess their estates. No worldly wisdom, nor experience, nor sacredness of character, can insure the continuan...
THEN, on notice of the desperateness of the king's disease, and the approach of his death, ADONIJAH THE SON OF HAGGITH _\see 2 SAMUEL 3:4\_ exalted himself; entertained high thoughts and designs. I WI...
1 Kings 1:5 Adonijah H138 son H1121 Haggith H2294 exalted H4984 (H8693) saying H559 (H8800) king H4427
SECTION 1. THE LAST DAYS OF DAVID (1:1-2:12). The ‘and' with which the book begins is clearly intended to link the book to the earlier books. The writer wanted it to be seen that he was carrying on th...
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,_...
_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 1:1 The Reign of King Solomon. 1 Kings 1:1 describes the reign of David’s son Solomon. Solomon was a great king when he obeyed God and depended on God for wisdom, but his reign ended tragicall...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 1:5 ADONIJAH was David’s oldest surviving son. David had the right, with God’s guidance, to appoint his own successor. But Adonijah EXALTED HIMSELF by trying to make himself ki...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 1:5. ADONIJAH, SON OF HAGGITH—No record of origin or rank of Haggith, therefore probably without any family distinction. Adonijah was David’s fourth son, and t...
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 22:5; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicles 3:2;...
Then — Upon notice of the desperateness of the king's disease, and the approach of his death. Exalted — Entertained high thoughts and designs. I will — As the right of the kingdom is mine, 1 Kings 1:6...