열왕기상 2:13-28 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:21

And she said, let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. For so Adonijah was by his father's side; and Bathsheba makes use of the relation, the more to move upon him to grant the request. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:22

And King Solomon answered and said unto his mother ,.... With as much gentleness and mildness as he could, but inwardly fired at her request, and amazed at it, and could not forbear using some degree of tartness and resentment: and why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah ? is this a small petition? is this a fit and lawful one? ask for him the kingdom also ; for this is what he means by it, that by marrying the king's widow he may step into the throne whenever any... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon sware by the Lord ,.... To prevent his mother pressing him to have her petition granted: saying, God do so to me, and more also ; lay such and such evils upon me, and more than I care to express: if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life ; to his own prejudice, and even to the loss of his life; in which Solomon suggests it would issue, being a fresh overt act of treason; he knew, from what Bathsheba said, that this was his petition, and that he had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:24

Now therefore, as the Lord liveth ,.... Which is another oath; and one may easily perceive hereby in what a temper and disposition Solomon was, how warm, earnest, and vehement, how resolute against the petition, and how determined he was to punish Adonijah and his confederates: which hath established me, and set me upon the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised ; who had placed him on his father's throne, and established him there, in spite of all his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:25

And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,.... Orders to execute him, and proper persons to do it; perhaps some of the Cherethites and Pelethites under him, to assist at least in it: and he fell upon him, that he died ; Benaiah rushed in upon him with his men, and thrust his sword into him, and killed him; executions used to be done in those times and countries by great personages, as the instances of Gideon, Doeg, and others, show, and not by common executioners. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:26

And unto Abiathar the priest said the king ,.... Who was either at court, or he sent for him, and thus addressed him: get thee to Anathoth ; a city of the tribe of Benjamin, given to the priests, Joshua 21:18 ; of which place Abiathar might be originally, and whither he is bid to return: unto thine own fields ; which belonged to him there, either by inheritance or purchase; and these he was to mind, and not perform the functions of his office, however as high priest, and at... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:27

So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord ,.... He deposed him from his office of high priest, otherwise I suppose he might officiate as a common priest, at least in some of the branches of it; this was done by his own authority as a king, and not as a prophet, as Bellarmine vainly distinguishes; and not by the authority of the college of the, priests, at the instance of Solomon, as Fortunatus Schacchus says F4 Elaeochrism. Myrothec. l. 3. c. 50. col. 1069. for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:28

Then tidings came to Joab ,.... Of the death of Adonijah, and the deposition of Abiathar: for Joab had turned after Adonijah ; publicly appeared at his feast, when he was saluted king by him, and others, and privately gave him advice in the affair of Abishag: though he turned not after Absalom ; did not join with him in his rebellion, but faithfully adhered to David; and yet both in his lifetime, and after his death, acted the traitorous part in favour of Adonijah: Ben Gersom gives... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:15

Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine - It certainly was his by the right of primogeniture, and it was his by the voice of the people, and the consent of the high priest. But there was a right paramount to all these, the right of God; it was his kingdom; the kings were his lieutenants, and he had a right to give the crown to whomsoever he pleased, and he was pleased to give it to Solomon. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:17

That he give me Abishag - to wife - He cheerfully gives up all right to the kingdom, and only desires to have this young woman, who, though she had been his father's wife or concubine, was still in a state of virginity. Some think that Joab and Abiathar had advised Adonijah to make this application, not doubting, if he got Abishag, that the popular tide would again turn in his favor, and that Solomon, whom they did not like, might soon be deposed; and that it was on this account... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:17

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