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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...
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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...
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SITTETH. hath taken [his] seat....
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_Solomon sitteth on the throne_ Jonathan had seen the complete
ceremony of installation, for on their return from Gihon the aged king
had commanded that Solomon should shew himself seated in state on...
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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 sectio...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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AND ALSO SOLOMON SITTETH. — Jonathan’s announcement here takes up
the narrative of events after 1 Kings 1:40. The public enthronement in
the palace (ordered by David in 1 Kings 1:35) follows the anoin...
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וְ גַם֙ יָשַׁ֣ב שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה עַ֖ל
כִּסֵּ֥א הַ מְּלוּכָֽה׃...
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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 person...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 4:1; 1
Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1;...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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AND ALSO SOLOMON SITTETH ON THE THRONE OF THE KINGDOM. Where he was
placed to exercise his regal power when returned to Jerusalem, as a
further token and confirmation of his being really and actually...
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And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
Ver. 46. _And also Solomon sitteth._] He is in actual possession, and
therefore you are lost. Every man is either a king or a captive; _Aut
Caes...
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_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...
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[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...
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Adonijah's Life Spared...
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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 h...
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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 so...
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i.e. Is put into actual possession of the kingdom....
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1 Kings 1:46 Solomon H8010 sits H3427 (H8804) throne H3678 kingdom
H4410
1 Kings 1:13; 1 Chronicles 29:23; Psalms 132:11; Haggai 2:22...
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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,...
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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,...
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_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...
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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. 1 Kings 1:38). However, they were close
enough that th...
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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 REBELLIO...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 29:23; 1 Kings 1:13; Haggai 2:22; Psalms 132:11...