Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 1:12
1:12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own {g} life, and the life of thy son Solomon.(g) For Adonijah will destroy you and your son, if he reigns. read more
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John Calvin
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 1:14
1:14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and {h} confirm thy words.(h) By declaring such things, as may further the same. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 1:18
1:18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest {i} [it] not:(i) The king being worn with age, could not attend to the affairs of the realm, and also Adonijah had many who kept it from the king. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 1:21
1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be {k} counted offenders.(k) And so put to death as wicked transgressors. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 1:23
1:23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face {l} to the ground.(l) Acknowledging him to be the true and worthy king appointed by God, as the figure of his Christ. read more
L.M. Grant
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:1-53
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 help to warm him. Why could not one of his wives do this? But they found a beautiful young woman, Abishag, and brought her to the king (v.2). She ministered to the king's needs, but he did not cohabit with her (v.4). Men will employ any available means of dealing with problems instead of committing... read more
James Gray
James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:1-53
THE CORONATION OF SOLOMON THE OCCASION FOR SOLOMON’S CORONATION (1 Kings 1:10 ) The incident in the first four verses is recorded not for itself, but because of what grew out of it in Adonijah’s case (1 Kings 2:13-25 ). It was a custom in the Orient, and still is, to do this for hygienic reasons on the supposition “that the inhalation of young breath will give new vigor to a worn-out frame.” The event shows that Abishag was made a concubine or secondary wife to the king (1 Kings 2:22 ).... read more
Joseph Parker
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Kings 1:1-53
Usurpation 1 Kings 1:0 DAVID is "old and stricken in years." Round about him there are certain proceedings which are almost always associated with the death of great men. There are persons who are wondering who will succeed to the throne. One man has made up his mind that he will be the king. Could we understand all that is going on in the minds of our friends when we ourselves are approaching the hour and article of death, we should be surprised by some revelations of character which we had... read more
Robert Hawker
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Kings 1:7-8
(7) And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. (8) But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. In this conspiracy he made a party, as bad men will, for the most part, find bad men to countenance them. read more
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Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 1:10
1:10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and {f} the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.(f) As the Cherethites and Pelethites. read more