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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 2:26

Anathoth. Compare Joshua 21:18 . fields . Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "estate". worthy of death. Hebrew idiom = "a man of death" = doomed to death. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14 . Lord GOD = Adonai Jehovah. App-4 . (2). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 2:27

fulfil . Compare 1 Samuel 2:31 , 1 Samuel 2:36 . Already partly fulfilled (1 Samuel 4:11 ; and now, wholly, in 1 Kings 2:35 ). Shiloh. Compare 1 Samuel 2:35 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 2:28

Absalom. Syriac and Vulgate read "Solomon". tabernacle. Hebrew. 'ohel , tent. See App-40 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:26

DEMOTION AND EXPULSION FROM JERUSALEM OF ABIATHAR"And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto Jehovah, that he might fulfil the word of Jehovah, which he spake concerning the house... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:28

SOLOMON'S EXECUTION OF JOAB"And the tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the Tent of Jehovah, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. And it was told king Solomon, Joab is fled unto the Tent of Jehovah, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. Then Benaiah came to the Tent of Jehovah, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 2:26

1 Kings 2:26. And unto Abiathar—said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, &c.— How far the high-priest Abiathar was concerned in the plot against Solomon, the sacred history does not particularly inform us: but such was the reverence paid to the sacerdotal character, that Solomon would have hardly dared to have deposed such a one, had not the constitution of the nation authorized him to do so. When Abiathar, by his conspiracy, had merited severe punishment, Solomon might lawfully take from him... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 2:26

26, 27. unto Abiathar the priest said the king—This functionary, as the counsellor or accomplice of Adonijah, had deserved to share his fate. But partly from regard to his priestly dignity, and partly from his long associations with the late king, Solomon pronounced on him the mitigated sentence of banishment to his country estate at Anathoth, and thereby, as God's vicegerent, deprived him of his office and its emoluments. The sacred writer notices the remarkable fulfilment, Abiathar's... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 2:28

28. Then tidings came to Joab—The execution of these sentences respectively on Adonijah and Abiathar prepared Joab for his fate. Death, due to his great crimes ( :-), would long ago have been inflicted, had not his power and popularity with the army been too formidable for the old king. He now fled to the altar, which, though a recognized asylum, afforded no sanctuary to the rebel and murderer ( :-). And, as he refused to leave it, he seems to have cherished some faint hope that a religious... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 2:13-34

B. The Foundation of Solomon’s Reign 2:13-4:34The writer noted that Solomon’s sole reign began well. The things most responsible were God’s gift of wisdom to Solomon (the central section), his political decisions (the first section), and his administrative ability (the third section). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 2:13-46

1. Solomon’s purges 2:13-46Solomon wrote that the fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge (Proverbs 1:7; cf. Ecclesiastes 12:13; Psalms 111:10). At the very beginning of his reign he gave evidence of being wise by the way he dealt with his political enemies. His wise decisions at this time resulted in peace and prosperity for Israel for the next 40 years (971-931 B.C.). read more

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