1 Kings 2:22

22. Ask for him the kingdom also To marry Abishag, who was virtually a concubine of the deceased king, (see note on chap. 1 Kings 1:3,) was ostensibly to invade the royal harem, and thus assume royal prerogatives. So in the case of Absalom. See note on 2Sa 12:8 ; 2 Samuel 16:21. The wary Solomon detects at once the far-reaching plot of his rival brother, and at once implicates him with Joab and Abiathar in a conspiracy against his throne. We have, indeed, no evidence that these three had entered together into such conspiracy, but it is not improbable that they had concerted with each other, and concluded if Abishag were but granted in marriage to Adonijah, the right of the latter to the kingdom would be tacitly acknowledged, and the way opened for successful rebellion.