Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
3 Kings (1 Kings) Chapter 1
Overview
Kg1 1:1, Abishag cherishes David in his extreme age; Kg1 1:5, Adonijah, David's darling, usurps the kingdom; Kg1 1:11, By the council of Nathan, Kg1 1:15, Bath-sheba moves the king, Kg1 1:22, and Nathan seconds her; Kg1 1:28, David renews his oath to Bath-sheba; Kg1 1:32, Solomon, by David's appointment, being anointed king by Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph; Kg1 1:41, Jonathan bringing the news, Adonijah's guests fly; Kg1 1:50, Adonijah, flying to the horns of the altar, upon his good behaviour, is dismissed by Solomon.
old: David was probably now about sixty-nine years of age. He was thirty years old when he began to reign, reigned forty, and died in his seventieth year; and the transactions mentioned here are supposed to have taken place about a year before his death. Sixty-nine was not an advanced age; but he had been exhausted with various fatigues, and especially family afflictions, so that he was much older in constitution than in years. Sa2 5:4; Ch1 23:1, Ch1 29:27, Ch1 29:28; Psa 90:10
and stricken in years: Heb. and entered into days, Gen 18:11, Gen 24:1; Jos 23:1, Jos 23:2; Luk 1:7
Let there be sought: Heb. Let them seek
a young virgin: Heb. a damsel, a virgin. stand. Deu 10:8; Sa1 16:21, Sa1 16:22; Ch2 29:11
cherish him: Heb. be a cherisher unto him
lie: Gen 16:5; Deu 13:6; Sa2 12:3; Mic 7:5
get heat: Ecc 4:11
Abishag: Kg1 2:17-25
Shunammite: Jos 19:18; Sa1 28:4; Kg2 4:8, Kg2 4:25
knew her not: Mat 1:25
exalted: Kg1 1:11, Kg1 2:24; Exo 9:17; Pro 16:18, Pro 18:12; Luk 14:11, Luk 18:14
I will: Deu 17:15; Jdg 9:2; Ch1 22:5-11, Ch1 28:5, Ch1 29:1
be king: Heb. reign
and he: Deu 17:16; Sa2 15:1; Isa 2:7
had not: Sa1 3:13; Pro 22:15, Pro 23:13, Pro 23:14, Pro 29:15; Heb 12:5, Heb 12:6
at any time: Heb. from his days
very: Sa1 9:2, Sa1 10:23; Sa2 14:25
bare him: Sa2 3:3, Sa2 3:4; Ch1 3:2
And he conferred: Heb. his words were, Sa2 15:12; Psa 2:2
Joab: Kg1 2:28; Sa2 8:16, Sa2 20:23
Abiathar: Sa1 22:20-23; Sa2 15:24-29, Sa2 15:35, Sa2 20:25
following Adonijah helped him: Heb. helped after Adonijah, Kg1 2:22, Kg1 2:26-35
Zadok: Kg1 2:35; Sa2 8:17, Sa2 8:18, Sa2 20:25; Ch1 27:5, Ch1 27:6; Eze 44:15
Nathan: Sa2 7:2-4, Sa2 12:1-15
the mighty: 2Sam. 23:8-39; 1Chr. 11:10-47
Adonijah: The Oriental banquet, in consequence of the intense heat, is often spread upon the verdant turf, beneath the shade of a tree, where the streaming rivulet supplies the company with wholesome water, and excites a gentle breeze to cool their burning temples.
Enrogel: or, the well Rogel, Sa2 17:17
called: Sa2 13:23-27, Sa2 15:11
Kg1 1:8, Kg1 1:19; Sa2 12:1-15
Nathan: Sa2 7:12-17, Sa2 12:24, Sa2 12:25; Ch1 22:9, Ch1 22:10, Ch1 28:4, Ch1 28:5, Ch1 29:1
Adonijah: Kg1 1:5
Haggith: Sa2 3:4
let me: Pro 11:14, Pro 20:18, Pro 27:9; Jer 38:15
save: Kg1 1:21; Gen 19:17; Act 27:31
the life: Jdg 9:5; Kg2 11:1; Ch2 21:4, Ch2 22:10; Mat 21:38
Assuredly: Kg1 1:11, Kg1 1:17, Kg1 1:30; Ch1 22:6-13
sit: Kg1 1:17, Kg1 1:24, Kg1 1:30, Kg1 1:35, Kg1 1:48, Kg1 2:12; Deu 17:18; Ch1 29:23; Psa 132:11, Psa 132:12; Isa 9:7; Jer 33:21; Luk 1:32, Luk 1:33
I also: Kg1 1:17-27; Co2 13:1
confirm: Heb. fill up
very old: Kg1 1:2-4
bowed: Kg1 1:23; Sa1 20:41, Sa1 24:8, Sa1 25:23
And the: Kg1 2:20; Est 7:2; Mat 20:21, Mat 20:32
What wouldest thou: Heb. What to thee
thou swarest: It is not recorded when or upon what occasion David sware to Bathsheba that Solomon should succeed him; but it is supposed, with some degree of probability, that it took place after Absalom's rebellion; and as God himself had settled the succession, he might very properly give her this assurance. Kg1 1:13, Kg1 1:30
Adonijah: Kg1 1:5, Kg1 1:24; Sa2 15:10
thou knowest: Kg1 1:11, Kg1 1:24, Kg1 1:27; Act 3:17
the eyes: Ch2 20:12; Psa 25:15, Psa 123:2; Zac 3:9
that thou: At this time the monarchy of Israel was unsettled; no man knew who was to succeed to the crown; and the minds of the people were as unsettled as the succession. It was neither hereditary nor elective. the king, as was anciently the case in most countries, named his successor; but in this instance, God had already assigned the throne to Solomon. Sa2 23:2; Ch1 22:8-10, Ch1 28:5, Ch1 28:6, Ch1 28:10, Ch1 29:1
sleep: Kg1 2:10; Gen 15:15; Deu 31:16
that I: That is, when Adonijah is established on the throne, I and my son Solomon shall be put to death as state criminals. The history of the world demonstrates, that the lust of dominion has tempted men to commit the most enormous crimes. A father has destroyed his son, a son deposed a father, and a brother murdered a brother, in order to obtain a crown!
offenders: Heb. sinners, Kg1 2:15, Kg1 2:22-24
Gen 24:15; Job 1:16-18; Dan 9:20
he bowed: Kg1 1:16; Rom 13:7; Pe1 2:17
reign: Kg1 1:5, Kg1 1:13, Kg1 1:17
slain: Kg1 1:9, Kg1 1:19; Sa1 11:14, Sa1 11:15; Ch1 29:21-23
God save king Adonijah: Heb. Let king Adonijah live, Kg1 1:34; Sa1 10:24; Sa2 16:16; Kg2 11:12; Ch2 23:11 *marg. Mat 21:9; Mar 11:9, Mar 11:10; Luk 19:38
Kg1 1:8, Kg1 1:19; Sa2 7:2, Sa2 7:12-17, Sa2 12:25
and thou: Kg1 1:24; Kg2 4:27; Joh 15:15
Call me: She appears to have gone out when Nathan entered; and he retired when she was readmitted.
into the king's presence: Heb. before the king, Kg1 1:28
As the: Kg1 2:24, Kg1 17:1, Kg1 18:10; Jdg 8:19; Sa1 14:39, Sa1 14:45, Sa1 19:6, Sa1 20:21; Sa2 12:5; Kg2 4:30, Kg2 5:16, Kg2 5:20
hath: Gen 48:16; Sa2 4:9; Psa 34:19-22, Psa 72:14, Psa 136:24, Psa 138:7
Even as I sware: Kg1 1:13, Kg1 1:17
did reverence: Sa2 9:6; Est 3:2; Mat 21:37; Eph 5:33; Heb 12:9
Let my: Kg1 1:25; Neh 2:3; Dan 2:4, Dan 3:9, Dan 5:10, Dan 6:6, Dan 6:21
Zadok: Kg1 1:8, Kg1 1:26, Kg1 1:38
Take: Sa2 20:6
and cause: Maimonides informs us, that it was a capital offence for any one to ride on the king's mule, to sit on his throne, or to handle his sceptre, without permission; and as David ordered Solomon to ride on his own mule, etc., it was ample evidence that he had appointed him his successor.
to ride: Kg1 1:5, Kg1 1:38, Kg1 1:44; Gen 41:43; Est 6:6-11
mine own mule: Heb. the mule which belongeth to me, Lev 19:19
Gihon: Kg1 1:38, Kg1 1:45; Ch2 32:30
Zadok: Kg1 19:16; Sa1 10:1, Sa1 16:3, Sa1 16:12, Sa1 16:13; Sa2 2:4, Sa2 5:3; Kg2 9:3, Kg2 9:6, Kg2 11:12; Ch2 23:11; Psa 45:7, Psa 89:20, Psa 89:36; Isa 45:1; Act 10:38; Co2 1:21, Co2 1:22
blow ye: Sa2 15:10; Kg2 9:13, Kg2 11:14; Psa 98:5-7
sit: Kg1 1:13, Kg1 1:17, Kg1 2:12
I have: Kg1 2:15; Ch1 23:1, Ch1 28:4, Ch1 28:5; Psa 2:6, Psa 72:1 *title Psa 72:1, Psa 72:2
Amen: Deu 27:15-26; Psa 72:19; Jer 11:5, Jer 28:6; Mat 6:13, Mat 28:20; Co1 14:16
the Lord: Sa1 25:29; Ch1 17:27; Psa 18:2, Psa 63:1, Psa 89:20, Psa 89:26
As the: Kg1 3:7-9; Exo 3:12; Jos 1:5, Jos 1:17; Sa1 20:13; Ch1 28:20; Ch2 1:1; Psa 46:7; Psa 46:11; Isa 8:10; Mat 1:23; Rom 8:31
and make: Kg1 1:47; Sa2 24:3; Kg2 2:9; Psa 72:8, Psa 72:17-19, Psa 89:27; Dan 7:14
the Cherethites: Sa1 30:14; Sa2 8:18, Sa2 15:18, Sa2 20:20-23; Ch1 18:17; Zep 2:5
king David's: Kg1 1:33
an horn: Sa1 16:13
out: Exo 30:23-33; Psa 89:20
anointed: Ch1 29:22
all the people: Kg1 1:25; Sa1 10:24; Kg2 11:12; Ch2 23:11, Ch2 23:13
pipes: or, flutes, Dan 3:5
rejoiced: Sa1 11:15; Kg2 11:14, Kg2 11:20; Ch1 12:38-40; Psa 97:1; Zac 9:9; Luk 19:37; Rev 11:15-18
the earth rent: We use a similar expression in precisely the same sense: "They rent the air with their cries.
as they: Job 20:5; Pro 14:13; Ecc 7:4-6; Mat 24:38, Mat 24:39; Luk 17:26-29
Wherefore: Exo 32:17; Job 15:21, Job 15:22; Psa 73:18-20
the city: Mat 21:9-11, Mat 21:15; Act 21:31
Jonathan: Sa2 15:36, Sa2 17:17
a valiant: Kg1 22:18; Sa2 18:27; Kg2 9:22; Isa 57:21; Th1 5:2, Th1 5:3
Verily: Kg1 1:32-40
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Gihon: This was a fountain on the west of Jerusalem (consequently in an opposite direction to En-rogel on the east, where Adonijah was proclaimed king), of which there were two pools, an upper and a lower (Ch2 32:30). There is a large square cistern in the ravine west of the city, mentioned by Dr. Richardson as a little to the south of the Jaffa gate, which Dr. Pococke describes as a basin about 250 paces long and 100 broad. It is commonly called the pool of Bathsheba, but seems to be the lower pool of Gihon. "Nearly a mile to the nnw is the pool of Gihon, which I suppose to be the upper pool. It is a very large basin, and, if I mistake not, is cut down about ten feet into the rock, there being a way down to it by steps. It was almost dry at that time, and seems designed to receive the rain waters which come from the hills about it. There is a canal from the pool to the city, which is uncovered part of the way, and, it is said, goes to the pool in the streets near the holy sepulchre. The fountain of Gihon arose either in the upper pool, or out of the high ground above it." - Travels, book i. chapter 6.
the city: Kg1 1:40; Sa1 4:5; Ezr 3:13
This is: Kg1 14:6; Sa1 28:14; Dan 5:26-28
Kg1 1:13; Ch1 29:23; Psa 132:11; Hag 2:22
bless: Exo 12:32; Sa2 8:10, Sa2 21:3; Ezr 6:10; Psa 20:1-4
Blessed: Gen 14:20; Ch1 29:10, Ch1 29:20; Neh 9:5; Psa 34:1, Psa 41:13, Psa 72:17-19, Psa 103:1, Psa 103:2; Psa 145:2; Dan 4:34; Luk 1:46, Luk 1:47, Luk 1:68, Luk 1:69; Eph 1:3; Pe1 1:3
which: Kg1 3:6; Ch1 17:11-14, Ch1 17:17; Psa 132:11, Psa 132:12; Pro 17:6
mine eyes: Sa2 24:3; Psa 128:5, Psa 128:6
Pro 28:1; Isa 21:4, Isa 21:5; Dan 5:4-6
caught: Kg1 2:28; Exo 21:14, Exo 38:2; Psa 118:27
there shall: Sa1 14:45; Sa2 14:11; Mat 10:30; Luk 21:18; Act 27:34
wickedness: Kg1 2:21-25; Job 15:22; Pro 13:6, Pro 21:12