Verse 6
6. His father had not displeased him By attempting to correct his youthful follies and ambitious actions. Here was one of David’s weaknesses. His parental tenderness ran away with his judgment, and caused him many sorrows.
At any time מימיו , from his days; that is, from Adonijah’s days. All his life David had allowed him to have his own way. Schmidt, Keil, and others understand “from his days” to refer to the days of Adonijah’s ambitious movements to attain the throne; but if that were the meaning, the phrase in question would seem entirely superfluous.
A very goodly man That is, good-looking. Like Absalom his brother, whose beauty was praised in all the gates of Israel. 2 Samuel 14:25.
His mother bare him after Absalom His mother Haggith bore him after Maacah had borne Absalom.
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