_A TROUBLED OLD AGE_
‘Old and stricken in years.’
1 Kings 1:1
With the transition from 2 Samuel to 1 Kings, David passes from mature
life into the physical feebleness of old age. For nearly forty years
he had been king,—seven of these forty over Judah only, and the
remaining thirty-three over the... [ Continue Reading ]
_WELCOME THE COMING—SPEED THE GOING KING!_
‘Our lord king David hath made Solomon king’
1 Kings 1:43
The news of Adonijah’s coronation was brought at once, by the
faithful Nathan, to the ears of the feeble sovereign. The prophet
indignantly inquires. ‘_ Is this thing done by my lord?_’
I. MANY A... [ Continue Reading ]