Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:8
And Nathan - Some suppose that he was the preceptor of Solomon. read more
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Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:9
Slew sheep and oven - Making a royal feast, in reference to his inauguration. As he had Abiathar the priest with him, no doubt these animals were offered sacrificially, and then the guests fed on the flesh of the victims. He had not only a splendid feast, but a great sacrifice; and he gave by this a popular color to his pretensions, by affecting to receive his authority from God. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:11
Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign - He was now considered as being legally appointed to the regal office, and no doubt was about to begin to perform its functions. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:12
Save thine own life , and the life of thy son - Nathan took for granted that Adonijah would put both Bath-sheba and Solomon to death as state criminals, if he got established on the throne. O cursed lust of rule! a father will destroy his son, a son depose his father, and a brother murder a brother, in order to obtain a crown! 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... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:13
Go and get thee in unto King David - He knew that this woman had a sovereign influence over the king. If Bath-sheba was a source of pleasure to David, must she not also have been a source of pain to him? For could he ever forget the guilty manner in which he acquired her? Didst not thou - swear - It is very likely that David made such an oath, and that was known only to Bath-sheba and Nathan. It is nowhere else mentioned. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:20
That thou shouldest tell - who shall sit on the throne - This was a monarchy neither hereditary nor elective; the king simply named his successor. This obtained less or more, anciently, in most countries. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 1:21
Shall be counted offenders - When Adonijah and his party shall find that I and my son have had this promise from thee by oath, he will slay us both. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 1:8
But Zadok the priest [ 2 Samuel 8:17 . It is generally said to be difficult to explain "how Zadok and Abiathar came both to be "priests at this time." Rawlinson, who adds that "the best explanation is that Abiathar was the real high priest," officiating in Zion, while Zadok acted as chief priest at the tabernacle at Gibeon. (Bähr, by a strange oversight, assigns to Zadok the care of the ark on Mount Zion, whereas 1 Chronicles 16:39 , distinctly connects his ministry with the tabernacle... read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:26
But me, even me thy servant ,.... Meaning himself, Nathan the prophet, who was David's servant, his seer, and counsellor: and Zadok the priest ; for whom David had a great respect: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ; who was captain of his bodyguards; here Nathan observes more than Bathsheba had, and supplies what she had omitted, and so filled up her words, as in 1 Kings 1:14 ; and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called ; which showed his ill intention. read more