Chapter 1

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old David was probably now about sixty-nine years of age. He was thirty years old when he began to reign, reigned forty, and died in his seventieth year; and the transactions mentioned here are supposed to have taken place about a year before his death. Sixty-nine was not an advanced age; but he had been exhausted with various fatigues, and especially family afflictions, so that he was much older in constitution than in years. 2Sam 5:4; 1Chr 23:1, 1Chr 29:27-28; Ps 90:10

and stricken in years Heb. and entered into days, Gen 18:11, Gen 24:1; Josh 23:1-2; Luke 1:7


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Let there be sought Heb. Let them seek

a young virgin Heb. a damsel, a virgin. stand. Deut 10:8; 1Sam 16:21-22; 2Chr 29:11

cherish him Heb. be a cherisher unto him

lie Gen 16:5; Deut 13:6; 2Sam 12:3; Mic 7:5

get heat Eccl 4:11


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So Esth 2:2, Esth 2:4

Abishag 1Kgs 2:17-25

Shunammite Josh 19:18; 1Sam 28:4; 2Kgs 4:8, 2Kgs 4:25


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knew her not Matt 1:25


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Adonijah 2Sam 3:4; 1Chr 3:2

exalted 1Kgs 1:11, 1Kgs 2:24; Exod 9:17; Prov 16:18, Prov 18:12; Luke 14:11, Luke 18:14

I will Deut 17:15; Judg 9:2; 1Chr 22:5-11, 1Chr 28:5, 1Chr 29:1

be king Heb. reign

and he Deut 17:16; 2Sam 15:1; Isa 2:7


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had not 1Sam 3:13; Prov 22:15, Prov 23:13-14, Prov 29:15; Heb 12:5-6

at any time Heb. from his days

very 1Sam 9:2, 1Sam 10:23; 2Sam 14:25

bare him 2Sam 3:3-4; 1Chr 3:2


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And he conferred Heb. his words were, 2Sam 15:12; Ps 2:2

Joab 1Kgs 2:28; 2Sam 8:16, 2Sam 20:23

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

following Adonijah helped him Heb. helped after Adonijah, 1Kgs 2:22, 1Kgs 2:26-35


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Zadok 1Kgs 2:35; 2Sam 8:17-18, 2Sam 20:25; 1Chr 27:5-6; Ezek 44:15

Nathan 2Sam 7:2-4, 2Sam 12:1-15

Shimei 1Kgs 4:18; Zech 12:13

the mighty 2Sam 23:8-39; 1Chr 11:10-47


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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 2Sam 15:12; Prov 15:8

Enrogel or, the well Rogel, 2Sam 17:17

called 2Sam 13:23-27, 2Sam 15:11


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1Kgs 1:8, 1Kgs 1:19; 2Sam 12:1-15


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Nathan 2Sam 7:12-17, 2Sam 12:24-25; 1Chr 22:9-10, 1Chr 28:4-5, 1Chr 29:1

Adonijah 1Kgs 1:5

Haggith 2Sam 3:4


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let me Prov 11:14, Prov 20:18, Prov 27:9; Jer 38:15

save 1Kgs 1:21; Gen 19:17; Acts 27:31

the life Judg 9:5; 2Kgs 11:1; 2Chr 21:4, 2Chr 22:10; Matt 21:38


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Assuredly 1Kgs 1:11, 1Kgs 1:17, 1Kgs 1:30; 1Chr 22:6-13

sit 1Kgs 1:17, 1Kgs 1:24, 1Kgs 1:30, 1Kgs 1:35, 1Kgs 1:48, 1Kgs 2:12; Deut 17:18; 1Chr 29:23; Ps 132:11-12; Isa 9:7; Jer 33:21; Luke 1:32-33


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I also 1Kgs 1:17-27; 2Cor 13:1

confirm Heb. fill up


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very old 1Kgs 1:2-4


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bowed 1Kgs 1:23; 1Sam 20:41, 1Sam 24:8, 1Sam 25:23

And the 1Kgs 2:20; Esth 7:2; Matt 20:21, Matt 20:32

What wouldest thou Heb. What to thee


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My lord Gen 18:12; 1Pet 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. 1Kgs 1:13, 1Kgs 1:30


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Adonijah 1Kgs 1:5, 1Kgs 1:24; 2Sam 15:10

thou knowest 1Kgs 1:11, 1Kgs 1:24, 1Kgs 1:27; Acts 3:17


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1Kgs 1:7-10, 1Kgs 1:25


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the eyes 2Chr 20:12; Ps 25:15, Ps 123:2; Zech 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. 2Sam 23:2; 1Chr 22:8-10, 1Chr 28:5-6, 1Chr 28:10, 1Chr 29:1


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sleep 1Kgs 2:10; Gen 15:15; Deut 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, 1Kgs 2:15, 1Kgs 2:22-24


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Gen 24:15; Job 1:16-18; Dan 9:20


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he bowed 1Kgs 1:16; Rom 13:7; 1Pet 2:17


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hast thou 1Kgs 1:14, 1Kgs 1:18

reign 1Kgs 1:5, 1Kgs 1:13, 1Kgs 1:17


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slain 1Kgs 1:9, 1Kgs 1:19; 1Sam 11:14-15; 1Chr 29:21-23

God save king Adonijah Heb. Let king Adonijah live, 1Kgs 1:34; 1Sam 10:24; 2Sam 16:16; 2Kgs 11:12; 2Chr 23:11 *marg. Matt 21:9; Mark 11:9-10; Luke 19:38


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1Kgs 1:8, 1Kgs 1:19; 2Sam 7:2, 2Sam 7:12-17, 2Sam 12:25


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and thou 1Kgs 1:24; 2Kgs 4:27; John 15:15


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Call me She appears to have gone out when Nathan entered; and he retired when she was readmitted.

into the king's presence Heb. before the king, 1Kgs 1:28


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As the 1Kgs 2:24, 1Kgs 17:1, 1Kgs 18:10; Judg 8:19; 1Sam 14:39, 1Sam 14:45, 1Sam 19:6, 1Sam 20:21; 2Sam 12:5; 2Kgs 4:30, 2Kgs 5:16, 2Kgs 5:20

hath Gen 48:16; 2Sam 4:9; Ps 34:19-22, Ps 72:14, Ps 136:24, Ps 138:7


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Even as I sware 1Kgs 1:13, 1Kgs 1:17


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did reverence 2Sam 9:6; Esth 3:2; Matt 21:37; Eph 5:33; Heb 12:9

Let my 1Kgs 1:25; Neh 2:3; Dan 2:4, Dan 3:9, Dan 5:10, Dan 6:6, Dan 6:21


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Zadok 1Kgs 1:8, 1Kgs 1:26, 1Kgs 1:38


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Take 2Sam 20:6

and cause Maimonides informs us, that it was a capital offence for any one to ride on the king's mule, to sit on his throne, or to handle his sceptre, without permission; and as David ordered Solomon to ride on his own mule, etc., it was ample evidence that he had appointed him his successor.

to ride 1Kgs 1:5, 1Kgs 1:38, 1Kgs 1:44; Gen 41:43; Esth 6:6-11

mine own mule Heb. the mule which belongeth to me, Lev 19:19

Gihon 1Kgs 1:38, 1Kgs 1:45; 2Chr 32:30


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Zadok 1Kgs 19:16; 1Sam 10:1, 1Sam 16:3, 1Sam 16:12-13; 2Sam 2:4, 2Sam 5:3; 2Kgs 9:3, 2Kgs 9:6, 2Kgs 11:12; 2Chr 23:11; Ps 45:7, Ps 89:20, Ps 89:36; Isa 45:1; Acts 10:38; 2Cor 1:21-22

blow ye 2Sam 15:10; 2Kgs 9:13, 2Kgs 11:14; Ps 98:5-7

God 1Kgs 1:25; 2Kgs 11:12


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sit 1Kgs 1:13, 1Kgs 1:17, 1Kgs 2:12

I have 1Kgs 2:15; 1Chr 23:1, 1Chr 28:4-5; Ps 2:6, Ps 72:1 *title Ps 72:1-2


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Amen Deut 27:15-26; Ps 72:19; Jer 11:5, Jer 28:6; Matt 6:13, Matt 28:20; 1Cor 14:16

the Lord 1Sam 25:29; 1Chr 17:27; Ps 18:2, Ps 63:1, Ps 89:20, Ps 89:26


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As the 1Kgs 3:7-9; Exod 3:12; Josh 1:5, Josh 1:17; 1Sam 20:13; 1Chr 28:20; 2Chr 1:1; Ps 46:7; Ps 46:11; Isa 8:10; Matt 1:23; Rom 8:31

and make 1Kgs 1:47; 2Sam 24:3; 2Kgs 2:9; Ps 72:8, Ps 72:17-19, Ps 89:27; Dan 7:14


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Zadok 1Kgs 1:8, 1Kgs 1:26

the Cherethites 1Sam 30:14; 2Sam 8:18, 2Sam 15:18, 2Sam 20:20-23; 1Chr 18:17; Zeph 2:5

king David's 1Kgs 1:33


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an horn 1Sam 16:13

out Exod 30:23-33; Ps 89:20

anointed 1Chr 29:22

all the people 1Kgs 1:25; 1Sam 10:24; 2Kgs 11:12; 2Chr 23:11, 2Chr 23:13


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pipes or, flutes, Dan 3:5

rejoiced 1Sam 11:15; 2Kgs 11:14, 2Kgs 11:20; 1Chr 12:38-40; Ps 97:1; Zech 9:9; Luke 19:37; Rev 11:15-18

the earth rent We use a similar expression in precisely the same sense: "They rent the air with their cries."


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as they Job 20:5; Prov 14:13; Eccl 7:4-6; Matt 24:38-39; Luke 17:26-29

Wherefore Exod 32:17; Job 15:21-22; Ps 73:18-20

the city Matt 21:9-11, Matt 21:15; Acts 21:31


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Jonathan 2Sam 15:36, 2Sam 17:17

a valiant 1Kgs 22:18; 2Sam 18:27; 2Kgs 9:22; Isa 57:21; 1Thess 5:2-3


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Verily 1Kgs 1:32-40


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Gihon This was a fountain on the west of Jerusalem (consequently in an opposite direction to En-rogel on the east, where Adonijah was proclaimed king), of which there were two pools, an upper and a lower (2Chr 32:30). There is a large square cistern in the ravine west of the city, mentioned by Dr. Richardson as a little to the south of the Jaffa gate, which Dr. Pococke describes as a basin about 250 paces long and 100 broad. It is commonly called the pool of Bathsheba, but seems to be the lower pool of Gihon. "Nearly a mile to the nnw is the pool of Gihon, which I suppose to be the upper pool. It is a very large basin, and, if I mistake not, is cut down about ten feet into the rock, there being a way down to it by steps. It was almost dry at that time, and seems designed to receive the rain waters which come from the hills about it. There is a canal from the pool to the city, which is uncovered part of the way, and, it is said, goes to the pool in the streets near the holy sepulchre. The fountain of Gihon arose either in the upper pool, or out of the high ground above it." - Travels, book i. chapter 6.

the city 1Kgs 1:40; 1Sam 4:5; Ezra 3:13

This is 1Kgs 14:6; 1Sam 28:14; Dan 5:26-28


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1Kgs 1:13; 1Chr 29:23; Ps 132:11; Hag 2:22


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bless Exod 12:32; 2Sam 8:10, 2Sam 21:3; Ezra 6:10; Ps 20:1-4

God 1Kgs 1:37; Luke 19:38

bowed Gen 47:31; Heb 11:21


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Blessed Gen 14:20; 1Chr 29:10, 1Chr 29:20; Neh 9:5; Ps 34:1, Ps 41:13, Ps 72:17-19, Ps 103:1-2; Ps 145:2; Dan 4:34; Luke 1:46-47, Luke 1:68-69; Eph 1:3; 1Pet 1:3

which 1Kgs 3:6; 1Chr 17:11-14, 1Chr 17:17; Ps 132:11-12; Prov 17:6

mine eyes 2Sam 24:3; Ps 128:5-6


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Prov 28:1; Isa 21:4-5; Dan 5:4-6


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caught 1Kgs 2:28; Exod 21:14, Exod 38:2; Ps 118:27


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there shall 1Sam 14:45; 2Sam 14:11; Matt 10:30; Luke 21:18; Acts 27:34

wickedness 1Kgs 2:21-25; Job 15:22; Prov 13:6, Prov 21:12


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bowed himself 1Kgs 1:16, 1Kgs 1:31; 2Sam 1:2

Go to 1Kgs 2:36; 2Sam 14:24, 2Sam 14:28; Prov 24:21


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