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AGAINST HIS OWN LIFE - Adonijah had forfeited his life by his former
conduct, and his pardon had been merely conditional 1 Kings 1:52....
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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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LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13....
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_God do so to me, and more also_ This is a very idiomatic rendering
for the Hebrew, which is literally -Thus shall God do to me, and thus
shall He add." The expression occurs again in 1Ki 19:2, 1 King...
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C. THE PUNISHMENT ORDERED BY SOLOMON 2:22-25
TRANSLATION
(22) And King Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why are
you asking for Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well
ask...
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_THEN KING SOLOMON SWARE BY THE LORD, SAYING, GOD DO SO TO ME, AND
MORE ALSO, IF ADONIJAH HAVE NOT SPOKEN THIS WORD AGAINST HIS OWN
LIFE._
God do so to me, and more also. The common form of introduci...
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GOD DO SO, ETC.] an expression implying a wish that God would avenge
the failure to carry out what was promised or threatened....
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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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GOD DO SO TO ME, AND MORE ALSO. — See Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 3:17; 1
Samuel 14:44; 1 Samuel 20:13;...
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וַ יִּשָּׁבַע֙ הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה
בַּֽ יהו
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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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(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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THEN KING SOLOMON SWARE BY THE LORD,.... To prevent his mother
pressing him to have her petition granted:
SAYING, GOD DO SO TO ME, AND MORE ALSO; lay such and such evils upon
me, and more than I care...
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Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more
also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
Ver. 23. _And Solomon sware._] That his mother, seeing him so...
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_Then King Solomon sware by the Lord_ Once here, and again 1 Kings
2:24, which he did to oblige himself irrevocably to perform his
resolution, and to prevent all intercession for Adonijah's life, the...
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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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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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SWARE BY THE LORD; once here, and again, 1 KINGS 2:24; which he did to
oblige himself irrevocably to it, and to prevent all intercessions for
his life, it being of so great importance to him....
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1 Kings 2:23 King H4428 Solomon H8010 swore H7650 (H8735) LORD H3068
saying H559 (H8800) God H430 do...
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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 Kings 20:10; 1 Samuel 14:44; 2 Kings 6:31; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2