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Verse 1 Kings 1:7. _AND HE CONFERRED WITH JOAB_] Joab well knew, if
_he made_ _the new king_, he would necessarily be continued in the
command of the army, and so govern him....
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Joab’s defection on this occasion, after his faithful adherence to
David during the troubles caused by Absalom 2 Samuel 18:2, may be
accounted for by his fear that Solomon would be a “man of rest” 1
C...
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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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JOAB. This is why his name is not in 2 Samuel 23. See note on 1Ki
23:24....
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_Joab the son of Zeruiah_ Zeruiah was David's sister, and Joab the
eldest of her three sons, and a man of much authority and influence
during David's reign. He became captain of the host (as we should...
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B. ADONIJAH'S DESIGNS 1:5-10
TRANSLATION
(5) Now Adonijah the son of Haggith was exalting himself, saying,
Surely I will be king! And he prepared for himself a chariot,
horses,[80] and fifty men who...
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_AND HE CONFERRED WITH JOAB THE SON OF ZERUIAH, AND WITH ABIATHAR THE
PRIEST: AND THEY FOLLOWING ADONIJAH HELPED HIM._
He conferred with Joab. The anxiety of Adonijah to secure the
influence of a lea...
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JOAB] David's nephew, and at this time captain of the host or national
militia (2 Samuel 8:16). His support of Adonijah was probably due to
the latter's being the eldest surviving son of David, and to...
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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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JOAB. — The books of Samuel have brought out clearly the career and
character of Joab, as being (in some degree like Abner) a professed
soldier, raised to a formidable and half-independent power by th...
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וַ יִּהְי֣וּ דְבָרָ֔יו עִ֚ם יֹואָ֣ב
בֶּן ־צְר
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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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And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the
priest: and they following Adonijah (e) helped [him].
(e) They took his part and followed him....
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Side. For their own interest, and because they supposed that the
throne belonged of course to him. (Menochius) --- This was the natural
privilege, when no other disposition was made by God, or by the...
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(7) And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar
the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. (8) But Zadok the
priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the proph...
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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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AND HE CONFERRED WITH JOAB THE SON OF ZERUIAH, AND WITH ABIATHAR THE
PRIEST,.... About getting the kingdom into his hands: and they were
very proper persons to consult with, who, if gained to his inte...
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And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the
priest: and they following Adonijah helped [him].
Ver. 7. _And he conferred with Joab, &c._] Seeking to draw these
grandees to his...
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_His father had not displeased him at any time_ This is mentioned as
David's great error, and the occasion of Adonijah's presumption. _In
saying, Why hast thou done so?_ He had neither restrained him...
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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 ATTEMPTS TO SEIZE THE KINGDOM...
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And he conferred with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, in order to win over
the army through its commander-in-chief, AND WITH ABIATHAR, THE
PRIEST, the high priest who was stationed at Jerusalem; AND THEY,
F...
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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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5-10 Indulgent parents are often chastised with disobedient children,
who are anxious to possess their estates. No worldly wisdom, nor
experience, nor sacredness of character, can insure the continuan...
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Either because they thought the right of the crown was his; or rather,
from secret grudges, because they perceived themselves neglected by
David, and possibly by Solomon too; and from carnal policy, t...
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1 Kings 1:7 conferred H1697 Joab H3097 son H1121 Zeruiah H6870
Abiathar H54 priest H3548 followed H310 helped H5826 ...
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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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_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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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 1:7 The events of chs. 1 Kings 1:1 are
related to tensions between Judah and Israel as already seen in the
books of Samuel and soon to reappear in...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 1:5. ADONIJAH, SON OF HAGGITH—No record of origin or rank of
Haggith, therefore probably without any family distinction. Adonijah
was David’s fourth son, and t...
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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 2:22; 1 Kings 2:26; 1 Kings 2:28; 1 Samuel 22:20; 2 S
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They helped — Either because they thought the right of the crown was
his: or to secure and advance their own interest. It seems God left
them to themselves, to correct them for former miscarriages, wi...