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CONFIRM THY WORDS - “Establish” them, by giving a second
testimony. Nathan thinks it best to move David’s affections first
through Bath-sheba, before he comes in to discuss the matter as one of
state...
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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...
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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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_and confirm thy words_ Lit. -fill up" thy words. This Nathan could
most fitly do because he knew of the expressions of God's will which
had been communicated unto David. Thus he could dwell more full...
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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,...
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_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...
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1:14 confirm (a-18) Lit. 'fill up.'...
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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 i...
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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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WHILE THOU YET TALKEST. — The whole history seems to indicate a
growth of royal state and Oriental reverence for the king’s person
since the defeat of Absalom, contrasted with the comparative
simplici...
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הִנֵּ֗ה עֹודָ֛ךְ מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת שָׁ֖ם
עִם ־הַ מּ
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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 persona...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come
in after thee, and (h) confirm thy words.
(h) By declaring such things, as may further the same....
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_Words, and confirm what thou hast said, (Menochius) reminding the
king of God's express declaration. (Haydock)_...
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(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...
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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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BEHOLD, WHILE THOU YET TALKEST THERE WITH THE KING,.... Before, or by
the time she could deliver the above words to him, or such as she
should think fit to use, to awaken the king to a concern for the...
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Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come
in after thee, and confirm thy words.
Ver. 14. _I will come in after thee, and confirm thy words,_] _a_
Heb., Fill up - that is, s...
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_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...
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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 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...
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CONFIRM:
_ Heb._ fill up...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Kings 1:14 talking H1696 (H8764) king H4428 in H935 (H8799) after
H310 confirm H4390 (H8765) words...
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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 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...
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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....
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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 Kings 1:17; 2 Corinthians 13:1...