"And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah."
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SHALT RETURN HIS BLOOD - i. e. “his shedding of blood.”...
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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...
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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...
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MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh_. App-14....
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_his blood_ i.e. The blood which he hath shed.
_my father David not knowing_thereof] The verb is a finite tense and
not a participle, and the clause may therefore be rendered -and my
father D. KNEW I...
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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 Solo...
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_AND IT WAS TOLD KING SOLOMON THAT JOAB WAS FLED UNTO THE TABERNACLE
OF THE LORD; AND, BEHOLD, HE IS BY THE ALTAR. THEN SOLOMON SENT
BENAIAH THE SON OF JEHOIADA, SAYING, GO, FALL UPON HIM._
No JFB co...
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2:32 shed (d-9) Lit. 'requite his blood.'...
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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...
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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...
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וְ הֵשִׁיב֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֶת ־דָּמֹ֜ו עַל
־רֹאשֹׁ֗ו אֲשֶׁ֣ר פָּגַ֣ע בִּ שְׁנֵֽי
־אֲ֠נָשִׁים צַדִּקִ֨ים וְ...
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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 pr...
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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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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...
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(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...
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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 THE LORD SHALL RETURN HIS BLOOD UPON HIS OWN HEAD,.... By way of
retaliation, blood for blood:
WHO FELL UPON TWO MEN MORE RIGHTEOUS AND BETTER THAN HE; later named;
for though they had been in op...
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And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon
two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the
sword, my father David not knowing [thereof, to wit], Abner the s...
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_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...
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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...
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THE END OF JOAB...
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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 testi...
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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. For...
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HIS BLOOD, i.e. the guilt of the blood which he shed. MORE RIGHTEOUS
AND BETTER THAN HE; of more ingenuous and generous tempers, abhorring
from all such treacherous practices; and both of them then de...
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1 Kings 2:32 LORD H3068 return H7725 (H8689) blood H1818 head H7218
down H6293 (H8804) two H8147 men H582 righteous H6662 better H2896
killed H2026 (H8799) Abner H74 son H1121 Ner H5369 commander H826...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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. HORNS
OF THE ALTAR. See note on 1:50. BENAIAH... STRUCK HIM DOWN. Joab d...
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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 outsid...
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EXPOSITION
THE DEPOSITION OF ABIATHAR AND THE DEATH OF JOAB.
1 KINGS 2:26
AND UNTO ABIATHAR THE PRIEST [see note on 1 Kings 1:8. The historian
now relates the end of Adonijah's confederates] SAID TH...
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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...
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1 Kings 2:44; 1 Kings 2:5; 1 Samuel 15:28; 2 Chronicles 21:13; 2
Samuel 17:25; 2 Samuel 20:10; 2 Samuel 3:26; 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel
3:37;...