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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:33

Gihon] probably the modern Virgin's Fountain, in the ravine of the Kidron, about half-a-miie from Enrogel (Bîr-eyûb).

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See also 1 Kings 1:33 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 1:33. _TAKE WITH YOU THE SERVANTS OF YOUR LORD_] By these we may understand the _kings guards_, the _guards_ of the _city_, the _Cherethites_ and _Pelethites_, who were under the command...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Mules and horses seem to have been first employed by the Israelites in the reign of David, and the use of the former was at first confined to great personages 2 Samuel 13:29; 2 Samuel 18:9. The rabbis...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. THE ANOINTING OF SOLOMON AND ADONIJAH'S SUBMISSION CHAPTER 1:28-53 _ 1. The renewed promise to Bath-sheba (1 Kings 1:28)_ 2. The anointing of Solomon commanded (1 Kings 1:32) 3. Solomon made ki...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MINE OWN MULE. David had not disobeyed Deuteronomy 17:16, as Absalom had done (2 Samuel 15:1) and Adonijah (1 Kings 1:5)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Take with you the servants of your lord_ Judging from a similar order given by David (2 Samuel 20:6-7) these words imply a considerable body of armed men. For there it is said that the servants compr...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    CAUSE SOLOMON—TO RIDE UPON MINE OWN MULE— See 1 Kings 1:44. _Maimonides_ tells us, that it was a capital offence to ride upon the king's ass of mule, to sit upon his throne, or to handle his sceptre,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    I. THE CORONATION OF SOLOMON 1:28-53 The impassioned plea of Bathsheba and the timely confirmation of Nathan served to impress the ailing king with the urgency of royal action in favor of Solomon. Dav...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THE KING ALSO SAID UNTO THEM, TAKE WITH YOU THE SERVANTS OF YOUR LORD, AND CAUSE SOLOMON MY SON TO RIDE UPON MINE OWN MULE, AND BRING HIM DOWN TO GIHON:_ Cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own m...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    GIHON (“breaking forth”) is clearly a place in the valley, under the walls of Jerusalem, mentioned as having a watercourse, or torrent, diverted by Heżekiah in his preparation of the city for siege (2...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר הַ מֶּ֜לֶךְ לָהֶ֗ם קְח֤וּ עִמָּכֶ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    ANOINTING THE CHOSEN ONE 1 Kings 1:28 David aroused himself and acted with commendable prudence and celerity. The crisis required promptness of decision and energy in execution. The whole nation was...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The king also said unto them, Take with you the (o) servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: (o) Meaning, the king's servants and such...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Lord, David. (Menochius) --- The Cerethi, and other life-guards, went under the command of their captain, Banaias, (Calmet) to repel any force that might disturb this solemn inauguration. (Haydock) -...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (32) В¶ And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. (33) The king also said unto them, Take with you the serv...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE KING SAID UNTO THEM, TAKE YE THE SERVANTS OF YOUR LORD,.... Meaning his own servants, his bodyguards, the Cherethites and Pelethites, as appears from 1 Kings 1:38; the Jews a from hence gather...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: Ver. 33. _Take with you the servants of your l...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Take with you the servants of your lord_ His constant guards, the Cherethites and Pelethites, 1 Kings 1:38. _Cause Solomon to ride upon mine own mule_ As a token that the royal dignity is transferred...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The king also said unto them, they were to act as his representatives in the matter which he had in mind, TAKE WITH YOU THE SERVANTS OF YOUR LORD, the king's own body-guard, AND CAUSE SOLOMON, MY SON,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    SOLOMON ANOINTED KING...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MINE OWN: _ Heb._ which belongeth to me...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    32-53 The people expressed great joy and satisfaction in the elevation of Solomon. Every true Israelite rejoices in the exaltation of the Son of David. Combinations formed upon evil principles will s...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE SERVANTS OF YOUR LORD, i.e. my public officers, and my guards. TO RIDE UPON MINE OWN MULE; as a token that the royal dignity is transferred upon Solomon, and that by my consent. Compare GENESIS 41...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 1:33 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) Take H3947 (H8798) servants H5650 lord H113 Solomon H8010 son...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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,_...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 1:33 MY OWN MULE. Solomon’s ride on David’s mule marks him as David’s favored son. The mule itself may have been regarded as a symbol of kingship (see Ze

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 1:33. TAKE THE SERVANTS OF YOUR LORD: viz., the royal body-guard (1 Kings 1:38). RIDE UPON MINE OWN MULE—The command that he “ride” was especially significant,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 1:38; 1 Kings 1:44; 1 Kings 1:45; 1 Kings 1:5; 2 Chronicle

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    My mule — As a token that the royal dignity is transferred upon Solomon, and that by my consent. Gihon — A river near Jerusalem, on the west side. Adonijah was inaugurated on the east side. This place...

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