1 Kings 1:43 - Exposition

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.