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CHAPTER II
_David leaves his dying charge with Solomon, relative to his own_
_personal conduct_, 1-4;
_to Joab_, 5, 6;
_to Barzillai_, 7;
_to Shimei_, 8, 9.
He dies, and Solomon is established i...
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The events related in 1 Chr. 28–29 had occurred in the interval
which separates the last and this present chapter....
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3. DAVID'S CHARGE TO SOLOMON AND DAVID'S END
CHAPTER 2:1-11
_ 1. David's charge (1 Kings 2:1)_
2. David's end (1 Kings 2:10)
We call attention again to 1 Chronicles 28 and 29 where we find the
reco...
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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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CHARGED. Compare Joshua 1:6....
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1 Kings 2:1-11. David's last charge to Solomon, and his death (Not in
Chronicles)
1. _Now the days of David drew nigh that_he _should die_ According to
the narrative of Josephus (_Antiq_. vii. 14, 7)...
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I. DAVID'S LAST COUNSEL TO Song of Solomon 2:1-11
It is uncertain how much time elapsed between the events recorded in
chapter 1 and the death of David recorded in chapter 2. After the
Adonijah incide...
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_NOW THE DAYS OF DAVID DREW NIGH THAT HE SHOULD DIE; AND HE CHARGED
SOLOMON HIS SON, SAYING,_
David ... charged ... his son. The charge recorded here was given on
his deathbed to Solomon, and is diff...
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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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וַ יִּקְרְב֥וּ יְמֵֽי ־דָוִ֖ד לָ
מ֑וּת וַ
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DAVID'S DEATH-BED
1 Kings 2:1
" _ Omnibus idem exitus est, sed et idem domicilium_."
-PETRON., _ Satyr_.
IN the Book of Samuel we have the last words of David in the form of a
brief and vivid psalm...
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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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NEW RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE NEW KING
1 Kings 2:1
1 Chronicles 28:1; 1 Chronicles 29:1 should be read as coming between
this and the preceding chapter. It was with a ripe knowledge of life
that Davi
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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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CONTENTS
David's whole history we are brought to the conclusion of in this
chapter. Here is his farewell charge to Solomon, and his death.
Solomon's succession is soon followed with the deaths of Ado...
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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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NOW THE DAYS OF DAVID DREW NIGH THAT HE SHOULD DIE,.... The number of
his days fixed and determined by the Lord, Job 14:5; and which might
be perceived as drawing nigh, both by himself and others, thr...
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Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged
Solomon his son, saying,
Ver. 1. _Now the days of David._] Days are one of the shortest
measures of time; but long enough to deciphe...
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_The days of David drew nigh, that he must die_ As he himself was
sensible. _And he charged Solomon his son_ After the example of
Abraham, the father of the faithful, Genesis 18:19. _I go the way of
a...
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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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THE DEATH OF DAVID...
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Now, the days of David drew nigh that he should die; he felt that
death was approaching rapidly; AND HE CHARGED SOLOMON, HIS SON,
SAYING,...
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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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1-4 David's charge to Solomon is, to keep the charge of the Lord. The
authority of a dying father is much, but nothing to that of a living
God. God promised David that the Messiah should come from his...
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1 KINGS CHAPTER 2 David lying on his death-bed, giveth charge to
Solomon of a religious life, 1 KINGS 2:1. Of Joab, Barzillai, and
Shimei, 1 KINGS 2:5. He dieth: Solomon succeedeth, 1 KINGS 2:10.
Adon...
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1 Kings 2:1
I. In this passage we notice the calmness and quietude of spirit with
which David looked forward to the termination of his earthly career.
In order to place ourselves in the position which...
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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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_Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die._
HUMAN EQUALITY
We have here the dying charge of an old and experienced king to a
young one.
I. That all men are equal in the sight of God; beca...
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THE BEGINNING OF A BRILLIANT REIGN
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 2:3. KEEP THE CHARGE OF JEHOVAH—_i.e._, preserve the
Theocracy, maintain the piety and dignity becoming the Hebrew monarch,...
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EXPOSITION
THE LAST WORDS AND DEATH OF DAVID.—The death of David, and of course
the charge which preceded it, did not follow immediately (as the
casual reader might be tempted to suppose) on the event...
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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 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:13; 2 Peter 1:13; 2 Timothy 4:1; 2