1 Kings 1:39-40

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 1:32-40

We have here the effectual care David took both to secure Solomon's right and to preserve the public peace, by crushing Adonijah's project in the bud. Observe, I. The express orders he gave for the proclaiming of Solomon. The persons he entrusted with this great affair were Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah, men of power and interest whom David had always reposed a confidence in and found faithful to him, and whom Adonijah had passed by in his invitation, 1 Kgs. 1:10. David orders them forthwith,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:39

And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle ,.... Not out of the tabernacle of Moses, for that was at Gibeon; see 1 Chronicles 21:29 ; and if the oil had been there, it would have been too far to have fetched it, since haste was now required; but this was taken out of the tabernacle David had built for the ark, 2 Samuel 6:17 ; where the ark was, and before which the pot of oil was; so Jarchi; but Kimchi indeed says, that though it was at this time at Gibeon, Zadok went... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:40

And all the people came up after him ,.... Following him from the fountain to the city, with their loud acclamations: and the people piped with pipes ; which were hollow instruments, and full of holes which they blew with their mouths, and upon with their fingers; Jarchi says they were and very probably: and rejoiced with great joy ; which they expressed by such loud shouts: so that the earth rent with the sound thereof ; an hyperbolical expression, showing the great numbers... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 1:1-53

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 1:39

And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil [Hebrews the oil. The "holy anointing oil," Exodus 30:25 , Exodus 30:31 , compounded as directed in Exodus 30:23-25 , was evidently part of the furniture of the tabernacle ( Exodus 31:11 ; Exodus 39:38 ). Eleazer was charged with its preservation ( Numbers 4:16 ), and the Rabbins say it lasted till the captivity] out of the tabernacle [the tabernacle on Mount Zion, containing the ark ( 2 Samuel 6:17 ; 1 Chronicles 15:1 ) must be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 1:39-41

The dethronement of the false by the enthronement ofthetrue. When Bathsheba and Nathan brought David news of Adonijah's revolt, and told him that Joab and Abiathar were at the coronation feast at En-rogel, it is noteworthy that the king made no direct attack on the conspirators. He merely commanded that Solomon should be seated on the royal mule, that he should ride in state to Gihon, and that there Zadok should anoint him king, and proclaim by the sound of trumpet that he was appointed... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 1:40

And all the people came up after him [same expression as 1 Kings 1:35 . The procession, the sound of the trumpets, etc; had collected a large crowd, which followed Solomon on his return], and the people piped [Heb. were piping ] with pipes [pipes or flutes were used on occasions of rejoicing ( Isaiah 5:12 ; Isaiah 30:29 . Cf. 1 Samuel 10:5 ), and so of mourning ( Jeremiah 48:36 ; Matthew 9:23 ). It is true that a very slight change ( מְחֹלְלִיף בְּחלִים... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 1:39

The tabernacle - Probably that which David had made for the ark of the covenant on Mount Zion 2 Samuel 6:17. For the holy oil, see the margin reference. That it was part of the regular furniture of the tabernacle appears from Exodus 31:11; Exodus 39:38. read more

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