1 Kings 1:5-18

Adonijah.

2Sa 3:4; 1Ch 3:2

exalted.

11; 2:24; Ex 9:17; Pr 16:18; 18:12; Lu 14:11; 18:14

I will.

De 17:15; Jud 9:2; 1Ch 22:5-11; 28:5; 29:1

be king. Heb. reign. and he.

De 17:16; 2Sa 15:1; Isa 2:7

had not.

1Sa 3:13; Pr 22:15; 23:13,14; 29:15; Heb 12:5,6

at any time. Heb. from his days. very.

1Sa 9:2; 10:23; 2Sa 14:25

bare him.

2Sa 3:3,4; 1Ch 3:2

And he conferred. Heb. his words were.

2Sa 15:12; Ps 2:2

Joab.

2:28; 2Sa 8:16; 20:23

Abiathar.

1Sa 22:20-23; 2Sa 15:24-29,35; 20:25

following Adonijah helped him. Heb. helped after Adonijah.

2:22,26-35

Zadok.

2:35; 2Sa 8:17,18; 20:25; 1Ch 27:5,6; Eze 44:15

Nathan.

2Sa 7:2-4; 12:1-15

Shimei.

4:18; Zec 12:13

the mighty.

2Sa 23:8-39; 1Ch 11:10-47

Adonijah.The Oriental banquet, in consequence of the intense heat, is often spread upon the verdant turf, beneath the shade of a tree, where the streaming rivulet supplies the company with wholesome water, and excites a gentle breeze to cool their burning temples.

slew.

2Sa 15:12; Pr 15:8

En-rogel. or, the well Rogel.

2Sa 17:17

called.

2Sa 13:23-27; 15:11

8,19; 2Sa 12:1-15

Nathan.

2Sa 7:12-17; 12:24,25; 1Ch 22:9,10; 28:4,5; 29:1

Adonijah.

5

Haggith.

2Sa 3:4

let me.

Pr 11:14; 20:18; 27:9; Jer 38:15

save.

21; Ge 19:17; Ac 27:31

the life.

Jud 9:5; 2Ki 11:1; 2Ch 21:4; 22:10; Mt 21:38

Assuredly.

11,17,30; 1Ch 22:6-13

sit.

17,24,30,35,48; 2:12; De 17:18; 1Ch 29:23; Ps 132:11,12; Isa 9:7

Jer 33:21; Lu 1:32,33

I also.

17-27; 2Co 13:1

confirm. Heb. fill up.

very old.

2-4

bowed.

23; 1Sa 20:41; 24:8; 25:23

And the.

2:20; Es 7:2; Mt 20:21,32

What wouldest thou? Heb. What to thee?

My lord.

Ge 18:12; 1Pe 3:6

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

1 Kings 2:13-25

Adonijah.

1:5-10,50-53

Comest.

1Sa 16:4,5; 2Ki 9:18-22; 1Ch 12:17,18; Lu 10:5,6

2Sa 14:12; Lu 7:40

Thou knowest.

1:5,25; 2Sa 15:6,13; 16:18

for it was.

2Sa 7:12; 12:24; 1Ch 22:9,10; 28:5-7; Pr 21:30; Jer 27:5-8; Da 2:22

deny me not. Heb. turn not away my face.

Ps 132:10; Pr 30:7

Abishag.

1:2-4; 2Sa 3:7; 12:8

Well.

Pr 14:15

rose up.

Ex 20:12; Le 19:3,32

she sat.

Ps 45:9; 110:1; Mt 25:33

I desire.

Mt 20:20,21; Joh 2:3,4

Ask on.

Mt 7:7-11; 18:19; 10:35,36; 11:24; Lu 11:9,10; Joh 14:13,14; 15:16

Let Abishag.

2Sa 16:21,22

why dost.

Mt 20:22; Mr 10:38; Jas 4:3

the kingdom.

1:5-7,11,24,25

God.

20:10; Ru 1:17; 1Sa 14:44; 2Sa 3:9,35; 19:13; 2Ki 6:31

if Adonijah.We have already seen, that the whole harem of an eastern monarch was a part of the regal succession (See note on 2 Sa 16:23); and it was treason for a subject to claim any wife or virgin who had once formed a part of it. Solomon evidently considered the request of Adonijah in this light; and was convinced that he was still aiming to seize the crown, to which he considered this as one step. But it is very doubtful, how far the plea either of policy or state necessity can justify Solomon in thus embruing his hands in his brother's blood, whatever might have been his treasonable intentions or conduct.

spoken.

Ps 64:8; 140:9; Pr 18:6,7; Ec 10:12; Lu 19:22

as the Lord.

1:29

set me.

3:6,7; 10:9; 1Ch 29:23; 2Ch 1:8,9

made me.

Ex 1:21; 1Sa 25:28; 2Sa 7:11-13,27; 1Ch 17:10,17,23; Ps 127:1

as he promised.

1Ch 22:10

put.

1:52; Ec 8:11-13

he fell.

31,34,46; Jud 8:20,21; 1Sa 15:33; 2Sa 1:15; 4:12
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