1Ki 1:17-27, 2Cor 13:1 | TSK | STEP | My lord. thou swarest.It is not recorded when or upon what occasion David sware to Bathsheba that Solomon should succeed him; but it is supposed, with some degree of probability, that it took place after Absalom's rebellion; and as God himself had settled the succession, he might very properly give her this assurance.

1 Kings 1:17-27

My lord.

thou swarest.It is not recorded when or upon what occasion David sware to Bathsheba that Solomon should succeed him; but it is supposed, with some degree of probability, that it took place after Absalom's rebellion; and as God himself had settled the succession, he might very properly give her this assurance.

13,30

Adonijah.

5,24; 2Sa 15:10

thou knowest.

11,24,27; Ac 3:17

7-10,25

the eyes.

2Ch 20:12; Ps 25:15; 123:2; Zec 3:9

that thou.At this time the monarchy of Israel was unsettled; no man knew who was to succeed to the crown; and the minds of the people were as unsettled as the succession. It was neither hereditary nor elective: the king, as was anciently the case in most countries, named his successor; but in this instance, God had already assigned the throne to Solomon.

2Sa 23:2; 1Ch 22:8-10; 28:5,6,10; 29:1

sleep.

2:10; Ge 15:15; De 31:16

that I.That is, when Adonijah is established on the throne, I and my son Solomon shall be put to death as state criminals. The history of the world demonstrates, that the lust of dominion has tempted men to commit the most enormous crimes. A father has destroyed his son, a son deposed a father, and a brother murdered a brother, in order to obtain a crown!

offenders. Heb. sinners.

2:15,22-24

Ge 24:15; Job 1:16-18; Da 9:20

he bowed.

16; Ro 13:7; 1Pe 2:17

hast thou.

14,18

reign.

5,13,17

slain.

9,19; 1Sa 11:14,15; 1Ch 29:21-13

God save king Adonijah. Heb. Let king Adonijah live.