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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

1 Kings 1:13

Go and get thee in unto King David, with whom she, his favorite wife, still had great influence, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon, thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why, then, doth Adonijah reign? The plan was to arouse David's mind to the danger of the situation.

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See also 1 Kings 1:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 1:13. _GO AND GET THEE IN UNTO KING DAVID_] He knew that this woman had a sovereign influence over the king. If Bath-sheba was a source of pleasure to David, must she not also have been...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DIDST NOT THOU. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. App-6. WHY THEN. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. App-6. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "And behold". her"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Didst not thou … swear unto thine handmaid_ She uses terms of great humility, even though she be pleading the king's former solemn promise. We have no record of the oath to which Bath-sheba alludes,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    I. THE COUNTER-MEASURES OF NATHAN 1:11-27 Adonijah's designs might have succeeded had it not been for the swift action of Nathan and Bathsheba. In narrating how the throne was made secure for Solomon,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _GO AND GET THEE IN UNTO KING DAVID, AND SAY UNTO HIM, DIDST NOT THOU, MY LORD, O KING, SWEAR UNTO THINE HANDMAID, SAYING, ASSUREDLY SOLOMON THY SON SHALL REIGN AFTER ME, AND HE SHALL SIT UPON MY THRO...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DIDST NOT THOU.. SWEAR?] That this was true is acknowledged by David in 1 Kings 1:29; 1 Kings 1:30....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    DIDST NOT THOU... SWEAR. — Of this oath we have no mention elsewhere. It may have belonged to the time of Solomon’s birth (2 Samuel 12:24). In 1 Chronicles 22:6, we find a designation of Solomon for s...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לְכִ֞י וּ בֹ֣אִי ׀ אֶל ־הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֗ד

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Swear. This he did, either when he comforted her, after the death of her first-born; (2 Kings xii. 24.) or rather, when Solomon had received so glorious a name, and was declared the heir by Nathan, 2...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (11) В¶ Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? (12) Now therefore come...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    GO AND GET THEE IN UNTO KING DAVID,.... That is, go into the chamber where the king lay, at once, without any ceremony: AND SAY UNTO HIM, DIDST NOT THOU, MY LORD, O KING, SWEAR UNTO THINE HANDMAID, S...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my thron...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Didst thou not, O king, swear unto thy handmaid?_ We do not read anywhere else of this oath: but, no doubt, David had solemnly sworn to her that he would make her son his successor, knowing that God...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-31 Observe Nathan's address to Bathsheba. Let me give thee counsel how to save thy own life, and the life of thy son. Such as this is the counsel Christ's ministers give us in his name, to give al...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    DIDST NOT THOU SWEAR, i.e. Thou didst swear; which David himself owneth, 1 KINGS 1:30, which probably he did to satisfy Bath-sheba's doubts and fears about it, and to oblige himself to a compliance wi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 1:13 Go H3212 (H8798) immediately H935 (H8798) King H4428 David H1732 say H559 (H8804) lord...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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,_...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 1:13 DID YOU NOT... SWEAR? This oath is not mentioned anywhere else, and Nathan does not mention it to David when he later confronts him (vv. 1 Kings 1:24

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 1:12. SAVE THINE OWN LIFE, &c.; for had the scheme of Adonijah succeeded, all rivals to the throne would have been slain. 1 Kings 1:13. ASSUREDLY SOLOMON, &c....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 2:12; 1 Chronicles 22:6; 1 Chronicles 29:23; 1 Kings 1:11;...

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