Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 2:1-11
David, that great and good man, is here a dying man (1 Kgs. 2:1), and a dead man, 1 Kgs. 2:10. It is well there is another life after this, for death stains all the glory of this, and lays it in the dust. We have here, I. The charge and instructions which David, when he was dying, gave to Solomon, his son and declared successor. He feels himself declining, and is not backward to own it, nor afraid to hear or speak of dying: I go the way of all the earth, 1 Kgs. 2:2. Heb. I am walking in it.... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 2
In this chapter we have David setting and Solomon at the same time rising. I. The conclusion of David's reign with his life. 1. The charge he gives to Solomon upon his death-bed, in general, to serve God (1 Kgs. 2:1-4), in particular, concerning Joab, Barzillai, and Shimei, 1 Kgs. 2:5-9. 2. His death and burial, and the years of his reign, 1 Kgs. 2:10, 11. II. The beginning of Solomon's reign, 1 Kgs. 2:12. Though he was to be a prince of peace, he began his reign with some remarkable acts of... read more