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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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Adonijah asks for Abishag to wife and is put to death by Solomon (Not
in Chronicles)
13. _Comest thou peaceably_ There was the same sort of alarm in
Bath-sheba's mind as was in those of the people of...
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II. ADONIJAH'S SECOND CONSPIRACY AGAINST SOLOMON 2:13-35
At the collapse of his first conspiracy, Solomon had magnanimously
spared the life of Adonijah. The traitor was spared on condition that
he _sh...
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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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AND ADONIJAH... CAME. — The application of Adonijah to Bath-sheba,
and the signs of honour paid to her by the king — of which there is
no trace in her approach to the presence of David (1 Kings 1:15;...
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וַ יָּבֹ֞א אֲדֹנִיָּ֣הוּ בֶן
־חַגֵּ֗ית אֶל ־ב
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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 pri...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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A FOOLISH AND FATAL PETITION
1 Kings 2:10
So David's troubled life came to a close, but he has never ceased to
lead the praises of the saints.
At the very beginning of his reign Solomon was confront...
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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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And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of
Solomon. And she said, (h) Comest thou peaceably? And he said,
Peaceably.
(h) For she was afraid lest he would work treason against the...
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(13) And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of
Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
(14) He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And...
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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 ADONIJAH THE SON OF HAGGITH CAME TO BATHSHEBA, THE MOTHER OF
SOLOMON,.... Into her apartment; Abarbinel thinks it was a few days
after the death of David:
AND SHE SAID, COMEST THOU PEACEABLY? in...
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And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of
Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
Ver. 13. And Adonijah … came to Bathsheba.] Being put on and advi...
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_She said, Comest thou peaceably?_ Or with some evil design against me
or my son? which she might well suspect, knowing his ambition and envy
at Solomon, and his hatred against her, as the chief cause...
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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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ADONIJAH FORFEITS HIS LIFE...
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And Adonijah, the son of Haggith, who had by no means abandoned his
intention of possessing the kingdom, CAME TO BATHSHEBA, THE MOTHER OF
SOLOMON, hoping to reach his object through the influence of t...
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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 testim...
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12-25 Solomon received Bathsheba with all the respect that was owing
to a mother; but let none be asked for that which they ought not to
grant. It ill becomes a good man to prefer a bad request, or t...
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COMEST THOU PEACEABLY, or with some evil design upon me or my son?
which she might well surmise, knowing his ambition and envy at
Solomon, and his hatred against her, as the chief occasion of his
deje...
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1 Kings 2:13 Adonijah H138 son H1121 Haggith H2294 came H935 (H8799)
Bathsheba H1339 mother H517 Solomon H8010 said...
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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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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 2:13. COMEST THOU PEACEABLY?—After recent events, there was
reason to suspect his design.
1 Kings 2:15. THE KINGDOM IS TURNED ABOUT—He prudently thus evades...
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EXPOSITION
ADONIJAH'S INTRIGUE.
1 KINGS 2:12
AND SOLOMON SATE ON THE THRONE OF DAVID HIS FATHER, AND HIS KINGDOM
[_i.e; _dominion, sway] was established greatly. [Cf. 2 Chronicles
1:1,...
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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 Chronicles 12:17; 1 Chronicles 12:18; 1 Kings 1:50; 1 Kings 1:5;...