1 Kings 1:38-53

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 1:32-40

We have here the effectual care David took both to secure Solomon's right and to preserve the public peace, by crushing Adonijah's project in the bud. Observe, I. The express orders he gave for the proclaiming of Solomon. The persons he entrusted with this great affair were Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah, men of power and interest whom David had always reposed a confidence in and found faithful to him, and whom Adonijah had passed by in his invitation, 1 Kgs. 1:10. David orders them forthwith,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 1:41-53

We have here, I. The tidings of Solomon's inauguration brought to Adonijah and his party, in the midst of their jollity: They had made an end of eating, and, it should seem, it was a great while before they made an end, for all the affair of Solomon's anointing was ordered and finished while they were at dinner, glutting themselves. Thus those who serve not our Lord Christ, but oppose him, are commonly such as serve their own belly (Rom. 16:18) and made a god of it, Phil. 3:19. Their long... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:38

So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,.... The three men that David sent for on this occasion: and the Cherethites and the Pelethites ; not the sanhedrim, as Ben Gersom, but David's guards, over whom Benaiah was: these went down ; from Jerusalem; and caused Solomon to ride upon King David's mule ; as he had ordered: and brought him to Gihon ; or Siloah, as the Targum; hence the Jews say F5 T. Bab. Ceritot, fol. 5. 2. , they do not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:39

And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle ,.... Not out of the tabernacle of Moses, for that was at Gibeon; see 1 Chronicles 21:29 ; and if the oil had been there, it would have been too far to have fetched it, since haste was now required; but this was taken out of the tabernacle David had built for the ark, 2 Samuel 6:17 ; where the ark was, and before which the pot of oil was; so Jarchi; but Kimchi indeed says, that though it was at this time at Gibeon, Zadok went... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:40

And all the people came up after him ,.... Following him from the fountain to the city, with their loud acclamations: and the people piped with pipes ; which were hollow instruments, and full of holes which they blew with their mouths, and upon with their fingers; Jarchi says they were and very probably: and rejoiced with great joy ; which they expressed by such loud shouts: so that the earth rent with the sound thereof ; an hyperbolical expression, showing the great numbers... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:41

And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him ,.... Or that were "called" F8 קראים "invitati", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; ; that is, invited to the entertainment he had made: heard it , as they had made an end of eating ; the shouting of the people, which reached their ears just as they had finished their meal, and before they had risen from the table, where they had been a long while; for when Nathan went in to David, they were then eating and drinking, 1 Kings... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:42

And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came ,.... Whom his father had left in the city, to observe what passed there, and give him notice of it: and Adonijah said unto him, come in, for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings ; which seems to be not a very wise speech, as if there was a connection between being valiant, and bringing good news, or that the one had any influence upon the other; though perhaps it means no more than a good man, "a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:43

And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, verily ,.... Or, "nay, but" F11 אבל "nequaquam", V. L. Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. it is not so as you imagine; it is not good tidings, but bad tidings to thee I bring: our lord King David hath made Solomon king ; of which he gives the following account in proof of it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:44

And the king hath sent with him ,.... To the fountain of Gihon: Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites ; over whom the latter was captain: and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule ; by his order and direction. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:45

And Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, have anointed him king in Gihon ,.... Or at Gihon; that is, Siloah, according to the Targum; here the act of anointing is ascribed to them both, as in 1 Kings 1:34 ; Zadok very probably applied the oil to him, and Nathan might be some way or other assisting in it; however he was here present, not only as approving of it, but declaring it as a prophet, that it was according to the will of God, as well as of the king: and they are come up from... read more

Grupo de Marcas