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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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C. NATHAN'S TIMELY CONFIRMATION 1:22-27
TRANSLATION
(22) And behold, while she was yet speaking with the king, Nathan the
prophet came. (23) And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the
prophet....
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_AND, LO, WHILE SHE YET TALKED WITH THE KING, NATHAN THE PROPHET ALSO
CAME IN._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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וְ לִ֣י אֲנִֽי ־עַ֠בְדֶּךָ וּ לְ
צָדֹ֨ק
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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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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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LEARNING THE KING'S WILL
1 Kings 1:15
The attempt of the usurper was met and defeated through Nathan's
prompt action, and by the concerted appeal that he and Bathsheba made
to the king, who seems to...
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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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(22) And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet
also came in. (23) And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the
prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed him...
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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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BUT ME, [EVEN] ME THY SERVANT,.... Meaning himself, Nathan the
prophet, who was David's servant, his seer, and counsellor:
AND ZADOK THE PRIEST; for whom David had a great respect:
AND BENAIAH THE S...
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But me, [even] me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
Ver. 26. _But me, even me._] As some useless person, as an
ουτιδανος...
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_But me hath he not called_ Whom he knew to be acquainted with thy
mind, and with the mind of God in this matter; and therefore his
neglect of me herein gives me cause to suspect that this is done
wit...
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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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But me, even me, thy servant, and Zadok, the priest, and Benaiah, the
son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon hath he not called. Every
movement of Adonijah showed his hostile sentiment toward the fr...
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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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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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EVEN ME THY SERVANT, whom he knew to be acquainted with thy mind, and
with the mind of God in this matter; and therefore his neglect of me
herein gives me cause to suspect that this is done without 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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_Nathan the prophet also came in._
SOLOMON SUCCEEDING DAVID
I. The trouble arising from lack of home discipline. Many a parent
sows seeds of sorrow by over-indulgence of the children. Nothing is
more...
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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 1:25. GOD SAVE KING ADONIJAH: _i.e._, Let the king live;
literally, _Live the king!_ the usual Israelitish acclamation (1 Kings
1:34; 1 Samuel 10:24, &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 1:19; 1 Kings 1:8; 2 Samuel 12:25; 2 Samuel 7:12; 2 Samuel 7:2
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But me — Whom he knew to be acquainted with thy mind, and with the
mind of God in this matter: and therefore his neglect of me herein
gives me cause to suspect that this is done without thy privity....