1 Kings 2:23-25 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 2:12-25

Here is, I. Solomon's accession to the throne, 1 Kgs. 2:12. He came to it much more easily and peaceably than David did, and much sooner saw his government established. It is happy for a kingdom when the end of one good reign is the beginning of another, as it was here. II. His just and necessary removal of Adonijah his rival, in order to the establishment of his throne. Adonijah had made some bold pretensions to the crown, but was soon obliged to let them fail and throw himself upon Solomon's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon sware by the Lord ,.... To prevent his mother pressing him to have her petition granted: saying, God do so to me, and more also ; lay such and such evils upon me, and more than I care to express: if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life ; to his own prejudice, and even to the loss of his life; in which Solomon suggests it would issue, being a fresh overt act of treason; he knew, from what Bathsheba said, that this was his petition, and that he had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:24

Now therefore, as the Lord liveth ,.... Which is another oath; and one may easily perceive hereby in what a temper and disposition Solomon was, how warm, earnest, and vehement, how resolute against the petition, and how determined he was to punish Adonijah and his confederates: which hath established me, and set me upon the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised ; who had placed him on his father's throne, and established him there, in spite of all his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:25

And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,.... Orders to execute him, and proper persons to do it; perhaps some of the Cherethites and Pelethites under him, to assist at least in it: and he fell upon him, that he died ; Benaiah rushed in upon him with his men, and thrust his sword into him, and killed him; executions used to be done in those times and countries by great personages, as the instances of Gideon, Doeg, and others, show, and not by common executioners. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:25

Solomon sent - Benaiah - and he fell upon him that he died . - Benaiah seems to have been the public state executioner, and yet he was generalissimo of all the forces. See him employed in a similar work, 1 Kings 2:34 ; (note), 1 Kings 2:46 ; (note). I suppose him to have been such another general as Suwarrow, butcher-general of the Turks and Poles to the late Empress Catharine of Russia: like mistress, like man. But they have long since been called to an impartial... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:22-25

The Brothers. It may be instructive if, after the manner of ancient writers, we draw out a comparison between the two brothers whose history is recorded in part in this section, and who here appear as rivals. Their careers were very different. The one reigned with almost unparalleled magnificence for forty years; the other fell in the very May-morn of his life by the sword of the executioner. What were the causes which produced such different results? Let us consider some few of them. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:23

Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also [a common form of adjuration ( Ruth 1:17 ; 1 Samuel 14:44 ; 1 Samuel 20:13 ; 2 Samuel 3:9 ; 2 Samuel 19:13 , etc.) = Gott soil mich fort und fort strafen. Bähr], if [or "that." כִי constantly follows formulae of swearing, as in all the passages just cited. Cf. the use of ὅτι in New Testament. The order of the next words in the Hebrew is noticeable] against his life spake Adonijah this word. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:24

Now therefore [Heb. and now ] , as the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me [a י has here crept into the text; obviously owing to the fact that this same letter both precedes and follows] on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house [Keil and Wordsworth understand by this expression, "hath given me issue." "Solomon," says Keil, "had already one son, viz; Rehoboam, about a year old." But some doubt seems to attach to the "forty and one years"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:25

And King Solomon sent by the hand [ i.e; the instrumentality; not necessarily eigenhandig, as Thenius. Cf. Exodus 4:13 ; 1 Samuel 16:20 , Hebrews; 1 Kings 12:15 ; 1 Kings 14:18 ; Jeremiah 37:2 ("which he spake by the hand of Jeremiah"), etc. The same expression is found in verse 46 of this chapter] of Benaiah [in the East the captain of the king's bodyguard has always been the "chief of the executioners," the title given to Potiphar, Genesis 37:36 , Hebrews; in 2 Kings... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 2:23

Against his own life - Adonijah had forfeited his life by his former conduct, and his pardon had been merely conditional 1 Kings 1:52. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 2:12-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:25

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:22-25

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:23

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:24

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 2:23

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