Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:34
Blow ye with the trumpet - After he has been anointed, make proclamation that he is king. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:36
Sit upon my throne - The matter of conducting a business of this kind seems to have been this: The king elect was placed on the mule of his predecessor, and caused to ride abroad to one of the public wells, or to a river where there was the greatest concourse of people, that they might see who he was that was appointed. Solomon was here taken to the river Gihon, in order to be anointed; the continual stream or constantly running fountain, denoting the perpetuity of the kingdom. ... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:37
Make his throne greater than the throne of - David - A wish of this kind a king will suffer in behalf of his son, but it is never in ordinary cases considered a compliment to say, "I hope this child will make a better man than his father," because it seems to insinuate some reflections on his father's conduct or character. Many foolish people deal in such compliments, and they may rest assured, for the reasons given above, that they are far from being either welcome or... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:39
Zadok - took a horn of oil - Pottery and glass were little in use in those times; and horns were frequently used to hold oil and wine. The oil used here was the holy anointing oil, which was laid up in the tabernacle, and which was used for the anointing of both priests and kings. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:40
The people piped with pipes - They danced, sang, and played on what instruments of music they possessed. The earth rent - We use a similar expression in precisely the same sense: They rent the air with their cries. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 1:34
And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet [Bähr sees in the fact that Nathan was associated with Zadok in the anointing, "the high significance David attributed to the prophetic office in Israel" But the prophets constantly performed this ceremony. Samuel anointed both Saul and David; Elisha anointed Jehu ( 2 Kings 9:1 ), and was commissioned to anoint Hazael ( 1 Kings 19:15 , 1 Kings 19:16 ) ] anoint him [the king, being a sacred personage, was set apart to the office, like the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 1:35
Then ye shall come up . Besides, we can hardly suppose that the historian has in every case, though he probably has in this, preserved the exact words of the speaker; and it need cause us no surprise had he put into David's mouth the phraseology of a later age. In the nature of things he can only give us the substance of conversations such as these. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 1:36
And Benaiah the son of Johoiada [probably he spoke, not because the execution of the order depended upon him (Bähr); for both Zadok and Nathan had a much more important part to perform, but as a blunt soldier who was accustomed to speak his mind] answered the king and said, Amen: the Lord God [lit; "Jehovah, he God," etc.] of my lord the king say so too. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:33
Take with you the servants of your lord - By these we may understand the kings guards, the guards of the city, the Cherethites and Pelethites, who were under the command of Benaiah; and in short, all the disposable force that was at hand. Solomon - to ride upon mine own mule - No subject could use any thing that belonged to the prince, without forfeiting his life. As David offered Solomon to ride on his own mule, this was full evidence that he had appointed him... read more