1 Kings 1:33-34

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 1:33

And the king said unto them, take ye the servants of your lord ,.... Meaning his own servants, his bodyguards, the Cherethites and Pelethites, as appears from 1 Kings 1:38 ; the Jews F1 Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 6. fol. 186. 3. from hence gather, that a king is superior to an high priest, since David calls himself the lord of Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet: and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule ; for it seems on such a creature David used to ride, as did his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:34

And let Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, anoint him there king over Israel ,.... For it might be done by either of them, as the unctions of Saul and David show: and blow ye the trumpet, and say, God save King Solomon ; the blowing of the trumpet was to make it public; the proclamation of him as king was to be made by the sound of it, and the acclamation of the people was to express their concurrence with it, their loyal affection to the new king, and their hearty wishes for his... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 1:1-53

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 1:33

Mules and horses seem to have been first employed by the Israelites in the reign of David, and the use of the former was at first confined to great personages 2 Samuel 13:29; 2 Samuel 18:9. The rabbis tell us that it was death to ride on the king’s mule without his permission; and thus it would be the more evident to all that the proceedings with respect to Solomon had David’s sanction.Gihon - Probably the ancient name of the valley called afterward the Tyropoeum, which ran from the present... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 1:34

Anoint him - Inauguration into each of the three offices (those of prophet, priest, and king) typical of the Messiah or Anointed One, was by anointing with oil. Divine appointment had already instituted the rite in connection with the kingly office 2 Samuel 2:4; but after Solomon we have no express mention of the anointing of kings, except in the three cases of Jehu, Joash, and Jehoahaz 2Ki 9:6; 2 Kings 11:12; 2 Kings 23:30, who were all appointed irregularly. At the time of the captivity,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 1:33

1 Kings 1:33. Take with you the servants of your lord His constant guards, the Cherethites and Pelethites, 1 Kings 1:38. Cause Solomon to ride upon mine own mule As a token that the royal dignity is transferred upon him, and that by my consent. The rest of David’s sons were wont to ride upon mules when they went abroad, 2 Samuel 13:29. And Absalom rode on a mule when he was hanged in the oak. But David had a mule peculiarly reserved for himself alone; on which Solomon’s being set, was... read more

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