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Verse 1 Kings 2:6. _LET NOT HIS HOAR HEAD GO DOWN TO THE GRAVE IN
PEACE._] It would have been an insult to justice not to have taken the
life of Joab. David was culpable in delaying it so long; but p...
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HIS HOAR HEAD - Joab, though the nephew of David, was probably not
very greatly his junior, David being the youngest of the family, and
Zeruiah, as is most likely, one of the eldest....
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3. DAVID'S CHARGE TO SOLOMON AND DAVID'S END
CHAPTER 2:1-11
_ 1. David's charge (1 Kings 2:1)_
2. David's end (1 Kings 2:10)
We call attention again to 1 Chronicles 28 and 29 where we find the
reco...
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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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THE GRAVE. Hebrew. _Sheol_. App-35. Note "the", not "a". Compare 1
Kings 2:9....
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_Do therefore according to thy wisdom_ Compare 1 Kings 2:9. The wisdom
to which David in both cases alludes is a politic method of bringing
these men to do something for which they might be put to dea...
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LET NOT HIS HOAR HEAD GO DOWN TO THE GRAVE IN PEACE— David's dying
order was an order worthy of a good king, and fit to be given in the
last moments of his life. The crimes which drew down this punish...
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C. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS 2:5-11
TRANSLATION
(5) And also as for you, you know that which Joab son of Zeruiah did
to me, which he did to two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner
son of Ner and to...
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2:6 Sheol (d-18) See Note, Genesis 37:35 ....
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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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THE GRAVE] Heb. _Sheol_, the abode of departed spirits....
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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 עָשִׂ֖יתָ כְּ חָכְמָתֶ֑ךָ וְ לֹֽא
־תֹורֵ֧ד
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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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NEW RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE NEW KING
1 Kings 2:1
1 Chronicles 28:1; 1 Chronicles 29:1 should be read as coming between
this and the preceding chapter. It was with a ripe knowledge of life
that Davi
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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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_To hell. This word hell doth not signify the place or state of
damnation; but the place and state of the dead. (Challoner) --- It
would have been a great scandal if this murderer had died quietly in...
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(5) Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me,
and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner
the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he...
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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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DO THEREFORE ACCORDING TO THY WISDOM,.... Which though young began to
appear in him, even in the life of his father; he therefore exhorts
him to use the wisdom he had, and take the first and fittest
o...
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_Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go
down to the grave in peace._
Ver. 6. _Do therefore according to thy wisdom,_] _q.d., _ He is of a
turbulent spirit, and will be apt...
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_Do therefore according to thy wisdom_ What in reason and justice thou
seest to be fit. For though I was forced to forbear him, I never
forgave him. _Let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peac...
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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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Do therefore according to thy wisdom, in choosing the right moment
when Joab might give occasion, AND LET NOT HIS HOAR HEAD GO DOWN TO
THE GRAVE IN PEACE, to punish him for his blood-guiltiness in suc...
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THE DEATH OF DAVID...
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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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5-11 These dying counsels concerning Joab and Shimei, did not come
from personal anger, but for the security of Solomon's throne, which
was the murders he had committed, but would readily repeat them...
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ACCORDING TO THY WISDOM, i.e. what in reason and justice thou seest
fit. For though I was forced to forbear him when it was in a manner
out of my power to punish him, yet I never forgave him; and ther...
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1 Kings 2:6 do H6213 (H8804) wisdom H2451 hair H7872 down H3381
(H8686) grave H7585 peace H7965
accordi
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GRAVE
Hebrew, "Sheol,"
(_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
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1 Kings 2:1
I. In this passage we notice the calmness and quietude of spirit with
which David looked forward to the termination of his earthly career.
In order to place ourselves in the position which...
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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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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 2:6 ACCORDING TO YOUR WISDOM. Solomon must
find a way to ensure that Joab’s death is not a peaceful and natural
death in old age (DO NOT LET HIS GRAY HEAD GO DOWN TO SHEOL IN P...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 2:5. SHED THE BLOOD OF WAR IN PEACE; _i.e._, murderously slew
the inoffensive; shed, in peace, blood which should only flow in war.
PUT THE BLOOD OF WAR ON HIS...
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EXPOSITION
THE LAST WORDS AND DEATH OF DAVID.—The death of David, and of course
the charge which preceded it, did not follow immediately (as the
casual reader might be tempted to suppose) on the event...
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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 2:28; 1 Kings 2:9; 2 Kings 22:20; Ecclesiastes 8:11;...
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Do therefore — That is, what in reason and justice thou seest fit.
For tho' I was forced to forbear him, yet I never forgave him; punish
him according to his demerits....