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. [ 2Sa 5:4], [ 1Ch 23:1], [ 1Ch 29:27], [ 1Ch 29:28], [ Psa 90:10]
and stricken in years: Heb. and entered into days, [ Gen 18:11], [ Gen 24:1], [ Jos 23:1], [ Jos 23:2], [ Luk 1:7]
Reciprocal: [ Jos 13:1] - Joshua [ Ecc 4:11] - General
Let there be sought: Heb. Let them seek
a young virgin: Heb. a damsel, a virgin. stand. [ Deu 10:8], [ 1Sa 16:21], [ 1Sa 16:22], [ 2Ch 29:11]
cherish him: Heb. be a cherisher unto him
lie: [ Gen 16:5], [ Deu 13:6], [ 2Sa 12:3], [ Mic 7:5]
get heat: [ Ecc 4:11]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 1:15] - very old [ 1Ki 2:17] - Abishag [ 2Ki 15:38] - Jotham [ Est 2:2] - Let there be
So: [ Est 2:2], [ Est 2:4]
Abishag: [ 1Ki 2:17-25]
Shunammite: [ Jos 19:18], [ 1Sa 28:4], [ 2Ki 4:8], [ 2Ki 4:25]
knew her not: [ Mat 1:25]
Adonijah: [ 2Sa 3:4], [ 1Ch 3:2]
exalted: [ 1Ki 1:11], [ 1Ki 2:24], [ Exo 9:17], [ Pro 16:18], [ Pro 18:12], [ Luk 14:11], [ Luk 18:14]
I will: [ Deu 17:15], [ Jdg 9:2], [ 1Ch 22:5-11], [ 1Ch 28:5], [ 1Ch 29:1]
be king: Heb. reign
and he: [ Deu 17:16], [ 2Sa 15:1], [ Isa 2:7]
Reciprocal: [ 1Sa 8:11] - run [ 1Sa 22:17] - footmen [ 2Sa 23:5] - Although [ 1Ki 1:18] - Adonijah [ 1Ki 1:24] - reign [ 1Ki 1:33] - to ride [ 1Ki 2:13] - Adonijah [ 1Ki 2:15] - Thou knowest [ 1Ki 2:22] - the kingdom [ 2Ch 11:23] - dispersed [ Pro 17:19] - he that [ Ecc 4:16] - no end
had not: [ 1Sa 3:13], [ Pro 22:15], [ Pro 23:13], [ Pro 23:14], [ Pro 29:15], [ Heb 12:5], [ Heb 12:6]
at any time: Heb. from his days
very: [ 1Sa 9:2], [ 1Sa 10:23], [ 2Sa 14:25]
bare him: [ 2Sa 3:3], [ 2Sa 3:4], [ 1Ch 3:2]
Reciprocal: [ Jdg 18:7] - magistrate [ 1Sa 2:23] - Why [ 2Ch 11:23] - dispersed [ Heb 12:7] - for what
And he conferred: Heb. his words were, [ 2Sa 15:12], [ Psa 2:2]
Joab: [ 1Ki 2:28], [ 2Sa 8:16], [ 2Sa 20:23]
Abiathar: [ 1Sa 22:20-23], [ 2Sa 15:24-29], [ 2Sa 15:35], [ 2Sa 20:25]
following Adonijah helped him: Heb. helped after Adonijah, [ 1Ki 2:22], [ 1Ki 2:26-35]
Reciprocal: [ 1Sa 2:33] - to consume [ 2Sa 2:13] - Joab [ 1Ki 1:19] - General [ 1Ki 2:5] - Joab [ 1Ch 27:34] - Abiathar [ Neh 6:7] - a king [ Mar 2:26] - Abiathar
Zadok: [ 1Ki 2:35], [ 2Sa 8:17], [ 2Sa 8:18], [ 2Sa 20:25], [ 1Ch 27:5], [ 1Ch 27:6], [ Eze 44:15]
Nathan: [ 2Sa 7:2-4], [ 2Sa 12:1-15]
Shimei: [ 1Ki 4:18], [ Zec 12:13]
the mighty: [ 2Sa 23:8-39], [ 1Ch 11:10-47]
Reciprocal: [ 1Sa 2:35] - I will raise [ 2Sa 15:24] - Zadok [ 2Sa 23:20] - Benaiah [ 1Ki 1:10] - General [ 1Ki 1:26] - General [ 1Ki 1:32] - Zadok [ 1Ki 1:38] - Zadok [ 1Ch 6:8] - Zadok [ 1Ch 6:53] - Zadok [ 1Ch 11:22] - Benaiah [ 1Ch 12:28] - Zadok [ 1Ch 17:1] - Nathan [ 2Ch 9:29] - Nathan
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], [ Pro 15:8]
Enrogel: or, the well Rogel, [ 2Sa 17:17]
called: [ 2Sa 13:23-27], [ 2Sa 15:11]
Reciprocal: [ Jos 15:7] - Enrogel [ Jos 18:16] - Enrogel [ 1Ki 1:25] - slain [ 2Ch 18:2] - Ahab
[ 1Ki 1:8], [ 1Ki 1:19], [ 2Sa 12:1-15]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 4:5] - son of Nathan [ 2Ch 9:29] - Nathan
Nathan: [ 2Sa 7:12-17], [ 2Sa 12:24], [ 2Sa 12:25], [ 1Ch 22:9], [ 1Ch 22:10], [ 1Ch 28:4], [ 1Ch 28:5], [ 1Ch 29:1]
Adonijah: [ 1Ki 1:5]
Haggith: [ 2Sa 3:4]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 1:13] - Assuredly [ 1Ki 1:18] - thou knowest [ 1Ki 2:22] - the kingdom [ 2Ch 9:29] - Nathan [ Mat 1:6] - her
let me: [ Pro 11:14], [ Pro 20:18], [ Pro 27:9], [ Jer 38:15]
save: [ 1Ki 1:21], [ Gen 19:17], [ Act 27:31]
the life: [ Jdg 9:5], [ 2Ki 11:1], [ 2Ch 21:4], [ 2Ch 22:10], [ Mat 21:38]
Assuredly: [ 1Ki 1:11], [ 1Ki 1:17], [ 1Ki 1:30], [ 1Ch 22:6-13]
sit: [ 1Ki 1:17], [ 1Ki 1:24], [ 1Ki 1:30], [ 1Ki 1:35], [ 1Ki 1:48], [ 1Ki 2:12], [ Deu 17:18], [ 1Ch 29:23], [ Psa 132:11], [ Psa 132:12], [ Isa 9:7], [ Jer 33:21], [ Luk 1:32], [ Luk 1:33]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 1:46] - General [ 2Ki 11:19] - he sat [ 1Ch 14:4] - Solomon [ Pro 4:3] - General
I also: [ 1Ki 1:17-27], [ 2Co 13:1]
confirm: Heb. fill up
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 1:24] - hast thou
very old: [ 1Ki 1:2-4]
bowed: [ 1Ki 1:23], [ 1Sa 20:41], [ 1Sa 24:8], [ 1Sa 25:23]
And the: [ 1Ki 2:20], [ Est 7:2], [ Mat 20:21], [ Mat 20:32]
What wouldest thou: Heb. What to thee
Reciprocal: [ Gen 43:28] - made obeisance [ 1Ki 1:53] - bowed himself
My lord: [ Gen 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. [ 1Ki 1:13], [ 1Ki 1:30]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 1:14] - I also [ 1Ki 1:24] - reign [ 1Ki 1:35] - sit [ 1Ch 14:4] - Solomon
Adonijah: [ 1Ki 1:5], [ 1Ki 1:24], [ 2Sa 15:10]
thou knowest: [ 1Ki 1:11], [ 1Ki 1:24], [ 1Ki 1:27], [ Act 3:17]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 2:5] - Joab [ Neh 6:7] - a king
[ 1Ki 1:7-10], [ 1Ki 1:25]
Reciprocal: [ 1Sa 2:33] - to consume [ 2Sa 13:23] - invited [ 1Ki 1:10] - General [ 1Ki 1:26] - General [ 1Ki 2:5] - Joab
the eyes: [ 2Ch 20:12], [ Psa 25:15], [ Psa 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], [ 1Ch 28:5], [ 1Ch 28:6], [ 1Ch 28:10], [ 1Ch 29:1]
sleep: [ 1Ki 2:10], [ Gen 15:15], [ Deu 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, [ 1Ki 2:15], [ 1Ki 2:22-24]
Reciprocal: [ Gen 43:9] - will be [ 1Sa 10:24] - God save the king [ 2Sa 7:12] - sleep [ 1Ki 1:12] - save [ 1Ki 11:43] - slept [ 2Ki 10:35] - Jehu slept [ 2Ki 13:13] - slept [ 2Ki 14:16] - Jehoash [ 1Ch 17:11] - go to be [ 2Ch 9:31] - slept [ 2Ch 32:33] - slept [ 1Th 4:13] - which are
[ Gen 24:15], [ Job 1:16-18], [ Dan 9:20]
Reciprocal: [ 2Ch 9:29] - Nathan
he bowed: [ 1Ki 1:16], [ Rom 13:7], [ 1Pe 2:17]
Reciprocal: [ 2Sa 12:25] - Nathan [ 1Ch 17:1] - Nathan [ Pro 9:8] - rebuke [ Pro 28:23] - General
hast thou: [ 1Ki 1:14], [ 1Ki 1:18]
reign: [ 1Ki 1:5], [ 1Ki 1:13], [ 1Ki 1:17]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 1:27] - and thou [ 1Ki 2:22] - the kingdom [ 2Ki 10:3] - Look even
slain: [ 1Ki 1:9], [ 1Ki 1:19], [ 1Sa 11:14], [ 1Sa 11:15], [ 1Ch 29:21-23]
God save king Adonijah: Heb. Let king Adonijah live, [ 1Ki 1:34], [ 1Sa 10:24], [ 2Sa 16:16], [ 2Ki 11:12], [ 2Ch 23:11], *marg. [ Mat 21:9], [ Mar 11:9], [ Mar 11:10], [ Luk 19:38]
Reciprocal: [ 2Sa 13:23] - invited [ 1Ki 1:31] - Let my [ 1Ki 1:39] - all the people [ 1Ki 2:15] - Thou knowest [ 1Ki 2:22] - the kingdom [ 1Ki 2:26] - Abiathar [ 2Ki 10:3] - Look even [ Neh 6:7] - a king [ Dan 2:4] - O king
[ 1Ki 1:8], [ 1Ki 1:19], [ 2Sa 7:2], [ 2Sa 7:12-17], [ 2Sa 12:25]
Reciprocal: [ 2Sa 23:20] - Benaiah [ 1Ki 1:32] - Zadok [ 1Ki 1:38] - Zadok [ 1Ch 6:53] - Zadok
and thou: [ 1Ki 1:24], [ 2Ki 4:27], [ Joh 15:15]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 1:18] - thou knowest
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, [ 1Ki 1:28]
Reciprocal: [ Mat 1:6] - her
As the: [ 1Ki 2:24], [ 1Ki 17:1], [ 1Ki 18:10], [ Jdg 8:19], [ 1Sa 14:39], [ 1Sa 14:45], [ 1Sa 19:6], [ 1Sa 20:21], [ 2Sa 12:5], [ 2Ki 4:30], [ 2Ki 5:16], [ 2Ki 5:20]
hath: [ Gen 48:16], [ 2Sa 4:9], [ Psa 34:19-22], [ Psa 72:14], [ Psa 136:24], [ Psa 138:7]
Reciprocal: [ Psa 34:22] - redeemeth
Even as I sware: [ 1Ki 1:13], [ 1Ki 1:17]
did reverence: [ 2Sa 9:6], [ Est 3:2], [ Mat 21:37], [ Eph 5:33], [ Heb 12:9]
Let my: [ 1Ki 1:25], [ Neh 2:3], [ Dan 2:4], [ Dan 3:9], [ Dan 5:10], [ Dan 6:6], [ Dan 6:21]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 1:53] - bowed himself [ 1Ch 29:22] - and anointed
Zadok: [ 1Ki 1:8], [ 1Ki 1:26], [ 1Ki 1:38]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 1:43] - Verily [ 2Ch 9:29] - Nathan [ Pro 9:8] - rebuke [ Pro 28:23] - General
Take: [ 2Sa 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: [ 1Ki 1:5], [ 1Ki 1:38], [ 1Ki 1:44], [ Gen 41:43], [ Est 6:6-11]
mine own mule: Heb. the mule which belongeth to me, [ Lev 19:19]
Gihon: [ 1Ki 1:38], [ 1Ki 1:45], [ 2Ch 32:30]
Reciprocal: [ 2Sa 13:29] - mule [ 2Sa 15:1] - Absalom [ 1Ki 10:25] - and mules [ 1Ch 23:1] - he made [ 2Ch 33:14] - Gihon [ Est 6:8] - the horse [ Est 6:9] - proclaim [ Mat 21:5] - sitting [ Joh 12:15] - sitting
Zadok: [ 1Ki 19:16], [ 1Sa 10:1], [ 1Sa 16:3], [ 1Sa 16:12], [ 1Sa 16:13], [ 2Sa 2:4], [ 2Sa 5:3], [ 2Ki 9:3], [ 2Ki 9:6], [ 2Ki 11:12], [ 2Ch 23:11], [ Psa 45:7], [ Psa 89:20], [ Psa 89:36], [ Isa 45:1], [ Act 10:38], [ 2Co 1:21], [ 2Co 1:22]
blow ye: [ 2Sa 15:10], [ 2Ki 9:13], [ 2Ki 11:14], [ Psa 98:5-7]
God: [ 1Ki 1:25], [ 2Ki 11:12]
Reciprocal: [ 2Sa 16:16] - God save the king [ 1Ch 6:8] - Zadok [ 1Ch 6:53] - Zadok [ 1Ch 29:22] - and anointed [ 2Ch 6:42] - thine anointed [ Neh 6:7] - a king [ Est 6:9] - proclaim
sit: [ 1Ki 1:13], [ 1Ki 1:17], [ 1Ki 2:12]
I have: [ 1Ki 2:15], [ 1Ch 23:1], [ 1Ch 28:4], [ 1Ch 28:5], [ Psa 2:6], [ Psa 72:1], *title [ Psa 72:1], [ Psa 72:2]
Amen: [ Deu 27:15-26], [ Psa 72:19], [ Jer 11:5], [ Jer 28:6], [ Mat 6:13], [ Mat 28:20], [ 1Co 14:16]
the Lord: [ 1Sa 25:29], [ 1Ch 17:27], [ Psa 18:2], [ Psa 63:1], [ Psa 89:20], [ Psa 89:26]
Reciprocal: [ Psa 41:13] - Amen [ Rom 9:5] - Amen
As the: [ 1Ki 3:7-9], [ Exo 3:12], [ Jos 1:5], [ Jos 1:17], [ 1Sa 20:13], [ 1Ch 28:20], [ 2Ch 1:1], [ Psa 46:7], [ Psa 46:11], [ Isa 8:10], [ Mat 1:23], [ Rom 8:31]
and make: [ 1Ki 1:47], [ 2Sa 24:3], [ 2Ki 2:9], [ Psa 72:8], [ Psa 72:17-19], [ Psa 89:27], [ Dan 7:14]
Zadok: [ 1Ki 1:8], [ 1Ki 1:26]
the Cherethites: [ 1Sa 30:14], [ 2Sa 8:18], [ 2Sa 15:18], [ 2Sa 20:20-23], [ 1Ch 18:17], [ Zep 2:5]
king David’s: [ 1Ki 1:33]
Reciprocal: [ Gen 36:24] - found [ 2Sa 20:7] - General [ 2Sa 23:20] - Benaiah [ 1Ki 1:32] - Zadok [ 1Ch 11:22] - Benaiah [ 2Ch 32:30] - Gihon
an horn: [ 1Sa 16:13]
out: [ Exo 30:23-33], [ Psa 89:20]
anointed: [ 1Ch 29:22]
all the people: [ 1Ki 1:25], [ 1Sa 10:24], [ 2Ki 11:12], [ 2Ch 23:11], [ 2Ch 23:13]
Reciprocal: [ 2Ki 9:1] - box of oil [ 2Ki 9:13] - blew with trumpets [ 2Ki 11:14] - all the people [ Psa 45:7] - hath [ Psa 72:1] - Give
pipes: or, flutes, [ Dan 3:5]
rejoiced: [ 1Sa 11:15], [ 2Ki 11:14], [ 2Ki 11:20], [ 1Ch 12:38-40], [ Psa 97:1], [ Zec 9:9], [ Luk 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.
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 1:45] - the city [ 1Ch 12:40] - there was joy [ 2Ch 23:13] - all the people [ Ezr 3:13] - and the noise [ Psa 45:7] - hath [ Ecc 4:16] - no end [ Mat 11:17] - piped
as they: [ Job 20:5], [ Pro 14:13], [ Ecc 7:4-6], [ Mat 24:38], [ Mat 24:39], [ Luk 17:26-29]
Wherefore: [ Exo 32:17], [ Job 15:21], [ Job 15:22], [ Psa 73:18-20]
the city: [ Mat 21:9-11], [ Mat 21:15], [ Act 21:31]
Reciprocal: [ Act 19:40] - uproar
Jonathan: [ 2Sa 15:36], [ 2Sa 17:17]
a valiant: [ 1Ki 22:18], [ 2Sa 18:27], [ 2Ki 9:22], [ Isa 57:21], [ 1Th 5:2], [ 1Th 5:3]
Verily: [ 1Ki 1:32-40]
44
Reciprocal: [ Gen 36:24] - found [ 1Sa 30:14] - the Cherethites [ 2Sa 8:18] - Benaiah [ 2Sa 20:7] - General [ 1Ki 1:33] - to ride [ 1Ch 6:8] - Zadok [ 1Ch 17:1] - Nathan [ 1Ch 18:17] - Benaiah
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 - [ 2Ch 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: [ 1Ki 1:40], [ 1Sa 4:5], [ Ezr 3:13]
This is: [ 1Ki 14:6], [ 1Sa 28:14], [ Dan 5:26-28]
Reciprocal: [ 1Sa 2:35] - I will raise [ 1Ki 1:33] - Gihon [ 2Ch 33:14] - Gihon
[ 1Ki 1:13], [ 1Ch 29:23], [ Psa 132:11], [ Hag 2:22]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 2:12] - sat Solomon [ Est 1:2] - sat
bless: [ Exo 12:32], [ 2Sa 8:10], [ 2Sa 21:3], [ Ezr 6:10], [ Psa 20:1-4]
God: [ 1Ki 1:37], [ Luk 19:38]
bowed: [ Gen 47:31], [ Heb 11:21]
Reciprocal: [ Gen 12:2] - thou shalt [ Gen 47:7] - And Jacob [ 1Ch 28:2] - stood up [ Psa 72:1] - the king’s [ Pro 22:1] - name
Blessed: [ Gen 14:20], [ 1Ch 29:10], [ 1Ch 29:20], [ Neh 9:5], [ Psa 34:1], [ Psa 41:13], [ Psa 72:17-19], [ Psa 103:1], [ Psa 103:2], [ Psa 145:2], [ Dan 4:34], [ Luk 1:46], [ Luk 1:47], [ Luk 1:68], [ Luk 1:69], [ Eph 1:3], [ 1Pe 1:3]
which: [ 1Ki 3:6], [ 1Ch 17:11-14], [ 1Ch 17:17], [ Psa 132:11], [ Psa 132:12], [ Pro 17:6]
mine eyes: [ 2Sa 24:3], [ Psa 128:5], [ Psa 128:6]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 1:13] - sit [ 1Ki 5:7] - which hath [ Pro 13:19] - The desire [ Pro 15:20] - wise [ Pro 23:24] - father
[ Pro 28:1], [ Isa 21:4], [ Isa 21:5], [ Dan 5:4-6]
caught: [ 1Ki 2:28], [ Exo 21:14], [ Exo 38:2], [ Psa 118:27]
Reciprocal: [ Exo 27:2] - horns of it upon the four corners thereof [ 1Ki 2:13] - Adonijah [ 1Ch 29:24] - all the sons [ Ecc 8:3] - stand
Reciprocal: [ Exo 21:14] - take him
there shall: [ 1Sa 14:45], [ 2Sa 14:11], [ Mat 10:30], [ Luk 21:18], [ Act 27:34]
wickedness: [ 1Ki 2:21-25], [ Job 15:22], [ Pro 13:6], [ Pro 21:12]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 2:24] - put
bowed himself: [ 1Ki 1:16], [ 1Ki 1:31], [ 2Sa 1:2]
Go to: [ 1Ki 2:36], [ 2Sa 14:24], [ 2Sa 14:28], [ Pro 24:21]