And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, verily ,.... Or, "nay, but" F11 אבל "nequaquam", V. L. Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. it is not so as you imagine; it is not good tidings, but bad tidings to thee I bring: our lord King David hath made Solomon king ; of which he gives the following account in proof of it. read more
And the king hath sent with him ,.... To the fountain of Gihon: Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites ; over whom the latter was captain: and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule ; by his order and direction. read more
And Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, have anointed him king in Gihon ,.... Or at Gihon; that is, Siloah, according to the Targum; here the act of anointing is ascribed to them both, as in 1 Kings 1:34 ; Zadok very probably applied the oil to him, and Nathan might be some way or other assisting in it; however he was here present, not only as approving of it, but declaring it as a prophet, that it was according to the will of God, as well as of the king: and they are come up from... read more
Jonathan answered - He was properly a messenger about the court; we have met with him and Ahimaaz before, 2 Samuel 15:36 . He had now been an observer, if not a spy, on all that was doing, and relates the transactions to Adonijah, in the very order in which they took place. David has nominated Solomon his successor. Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah, have been appointed to set him on the king's mule. They have taken him to Gihon, and anointed him there. 4. They have brought him up to... read more
And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily [Rather, "nay but," "on the contrary" ( immo vero ). See Genesis 17:19 , Heb; "Nay, but Sarah thy wife," etc; and Gesen; Thesaurus, sub voce אֲבָל . This particle has not "always an objecting force" (Rawlinson)—see Genesis 42:21 , and especially 2 Samuel 14:5 ; 2 Kings 4:14 —but only in the later Hebrew, e.g; 2 Chronicles 19:3 ; 2 Chronicles 33:17 ] our Lord king David hath made Solomon king. read more
And the king hath sent with Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites [see on 1 Kings 1:38 ] , and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule. read more
And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city [ קִרְיָה same word as in 1 Kings 1:41 . Elsewhere almost exclusively found in poetry] rang again [rather, "is in commotion." Same expression in 1 Kings 1:41 and Ruth 1:19 , where it is translated, "the city was moved "]. This is the noise [Heb. voice ] that ye have heard. read more
Verily - “Nay, but” (or, “Not so”). read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 1:41-53
We have here, I. The tidings of Solomon's inauguration brought to Adonijah and his party, in the midst of their jollity: They had made an end of eating, and, it should seem, it was a great while before they made an end, for all the affair of Solomon's anointing was ordered and finished while they were at dinner, glutting themselves. Thus those who serve not our Lord Christ, but oppose him, are commonly such as serve their own belly (Rom. 16:18) and made a god of it, Phil. 3:19. Their long... read more