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Verse 1 Kings 1:2. _LET THERE BE SOUGHT - A YOUNG VIRGIN_] This was
the best remedy which in his state could be prescribed. His nearly
exhausted frame would infallibly absorb from her young and healt...
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Since the Jewish law allowed polygamy, David’s conduct in following
- what has been said to have been - physician’s advice, was
blameless....
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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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SERVANTS: i.e. his advisers, probably medical.
VIRGIN. damsel. Hebrew. _bethulah_....
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_his servants_ The word, though primarily applied to those who were
occupied in servile work, had come by this time to be used regularly
of those who were about a royal person, and in such a position...
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NOW KING DAVID WAS OLD, &C.— It appears from 2 Samuel 5:4 that he
was seventy years old. The strength of nature was so far abated in
him, that clothes could not keep him warm in his bed. His physician...
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I. THE CONSPIRACY OF ADONIJAH 1:1-10
David's final years were full of turmoil and tribulation and even as
he lay critically ill and at the point of death he was yet to
experience one last heartbreak....
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_WHEREFORE HIS SERVANTS SAID UNTO HIM, LET THERE BE SOUGHT FOR MY LORD
THE KING A YOUNG VIRGIN: AND LET HER STAND BEFORE THE KING, AND LET
HER CHERISH HIM, AND LET HER LIE IN THY BOSOM, THAT MY LORD T...
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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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DAVID'S DECREPITUDE
1 Kings 1:1.
"Praise a fair day at night."
THE old age of good men is often a beautiful spectacle. They show us
the example of a mellower wisdom, a larger tolerance, a sweeter
t...
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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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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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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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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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_Servants. Physicians. (Josephus, [Antiquities?] vii. 14.) --- People
of the faculty still adopt the same sentiments; and when fire and
clothes will not procure heat, they advise the application of li...
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(2) Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my
lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and
let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lor...
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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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WHEREFORE HIS SERVANTS SAID UNTO HIM,.... His physicians; so Joseph's
physicians are called his servants, Genesis 50:2;
LET THERE BE SOUGHT FOR MY LORD THE KING A YOUNG VIRGIN; not only a
young woman...
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Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord
the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let
her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord th...
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_Wherefore his servants_ His physicians; _said, Let there be sought
for the king a young virgin_ Whose natural heat is fresh and
wholesome, and not impaired with bearing or breeding children. The
same...
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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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Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord
the king a young virgin, literally, "a young woman, a virgin," AND LET
HER STAND BEFORE THE KING, AS A SERVANT AND NURSE, AND LET...
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ADONIJAH ATTEMPTS TO SEIZE THE KINGDOM...
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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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LET THERE BE SOUGHT:
_ Heb._ let them seek
A YOUNG VIRGIN:
_ Heb._ a damsel, a virgin
CHERISH HIM:
_ Heb._ be a cheriser unto him...
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1-4 We have David sinking under infirmities. He was chastised for his
recent sins, and felt the effects of his former toils and hardships....
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HIS SERVANTS; his physicians. A YOUNG VIRGIN; whose natural heat is
fresh and wholesome, and not impaired with bearing or breeding of
children. The same counsel doth Galen give for the cure of some co...
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1 Kings 1:2 servants H5650 said H559 (H8799) young H5291 virgin H1330
sought H1245 (H8762) lord H113 king...
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SECTION 1. THE LAST DAYS OF DAVID (1:1-2:12).
The ‘and' with which the book begins is clearly intended to link the
book to the earlier books. The writer wanted it to be seen that he was
carrying on th...
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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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_Now King David was old and stricken in years._
THE WINTER OF LIFE
I. Overtakes men in the highest rank.
II. Chills the vital sources of the naturally robust. “And they
covered him with clothes, an...
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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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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 1:2 LET HER WAIT ON THE KING AND BE IN HIS
SERVICE.... LIE IN YOUR ARMS. The Hebrew words used here imply that
David could have had sexual relations with ABISHAG. The fact that...
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SCENES IN THE CLOSING CAREER OF A GREAT KING
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
The opening word, “now,” is _and_, the _cop_. ו indicating the
unbroken connexion of this book with a prior record. Orig...
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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 Samuel 16:21; 1 Samuel 16:22; 2 Chronicles 29:11; 2 Samuel 12:3;...
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Servants — His physicians. Virgin — Whose natural heat is fresh
and wholesome, and not impaired with bearing or breeding of children.
The same counsel doth Galen give for the cure of some cold and dry...