VW-Edition Bible (2010)

1Now King David was old, advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, for he could not get warm. 2Therefore his servants said to him, Let a young woman, a virgin, be sought for our lord the king, and let her stand before the king, and serve him; and let her lie in your bosom, that our lord the king may be warm. 3So they sought for a beautiful girl throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4The girl was very beautiful; and she served the king, and ministered to him; but the king did not know her.  5Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6(Now his father had not hurt him at any time by saying, Why have you done so? He was also very good in appearance. And his mother had borne him after Absalom.) 7And he spoke with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they went after Adonijah and helped him. 8But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah. 9And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En Rogel; he also invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants. 10But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or Solomon his brother. 11So Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know it? 12Come now, please let me counsel you with advice, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon. 13Depart and go to King David and say to him, Have you not sworn to your maidservant, my lord, O king, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? Why then has Adonijah become king? 14Then, while you are still speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words. 15So Bathsheba came into the chamber to the king. (Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.) 16And Bathsheba bowed and did homage to the king. And the king said, What can I do for you? 17And she said to him, My lord, you have sworn by Jehovah your God to your maidservant, saying, Surely Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne. 18So now, behold, Adonijah has become king; and now, my lord the king, you have not known about it. 19He has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army; but Solomon your servant he has not invited. 20And as for you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king lies down with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted as offenders. 22And behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. 23And they reported to the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he bowed down to the king with his face to the ground. 24And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? 25For he has gone down today, and has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, and the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and behold, they are eating and drinking before him; and they said, Long live King Adonijah! 26But he has not invited me; me your servant, nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon. 27Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king, and you have not declared to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 28Then King David answered and said, Summon Bathsheba to me. So she came before the king and stood before the king. 29And the king swore and said, As Jehovah lives, who has redeemed my life from every distress, 30just as I have sworn to you by Jehovah the God of Israel, saying, Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place, thus I shall do this day. 31And Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did homage to the king, and said, Let my lord King David live forever! 32And King David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came in before the king. 33And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon. 34There let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him king over Israel; and blow the shofar, and say, Long live King Solomon! 35And when you have come up after him, he shall come and sit on my throne, and he shall be king in my place. For I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah. 36And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, Amen! Thus says Jehovah the God of my lord the king. 37As Jehovah has been with my lord the king, even so shall He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David. 38So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. 39And Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. And they blew the shofar, and all the people said, Long live King Solomon! 40And all the people went up after him; and the people played the flutes and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth was rent with their sound. 41And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the shofar, he said, Why is the city in such a commotion? 42And while he was still speaking, behold Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest came in. And Adonijah said to him, Come in, for you are a mighty man, and bring good news. 43And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, No rather, our lord King David has made Solomon king. 44The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have made him ride on the king's mule. 45And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon; and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is all stirred up. This is the sound that you have heard. 46Also Solomon has sat down on the throne of the kingdom. 47And moreover the king's servants have gone to bless our lord King David, saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne. And the king bowed himself on the bed. 48Also the king has said, Blessed is Jehovah the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day, with my eyes seeing it! 49So all the guests who were with Adonijah trembled, and rose up, and each one went his way. 50And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon; so he arose, and went and took hold of the horns of the altar. 51And it was reported to Solomon, saying, Behold Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon; for behold, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear to me this day that he will not put his servant to death with the sword. 52And Solomon said, If he is a son of worth, not one hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if evil is found in him, he shall die. 53So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and prostrated himself to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.


Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
 1   The First Book of the KINGS, commonly called The Third Book of the KINGS.
1Kgs 1:1 Abishag cherishes David in his extreme age.
1Kgs 1:5 Adonijah, David's darling, usurps the kingdom.
1Kgs 1:11 By the council of Nathan,
1Kgs 1:15 Bath-sheba moves the king,
1Kgs 1:22 and Nathan seconds her.
1Kgs 1:28 David renews his oath to Bath-sheba.
1Kgs 1:32 Solomon, by David's appointment, being anointed king by Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph.
1Kgs 1:41 Jonathan bringing the news, Adonijah's guests fly.
1Kgs 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.
2Sam 5:4 1Chr 23:1 1Chr 29:27 1Chr 29:28 Ps 90:10
and stricken in years. Heb. and entered into days.
Gen 18:11 Gen 24:1 Josh 23:1 Josh 23:2 Luke 1:7

 2   Let there be sought. Heb. Let them seek. a young virgin. Heb. a damsel, a virgin. stand.
Deut 10:8 1Sam 16:21 1Sam 16:22 2Chr 29:11
cherish him. Heb. be a cherisher unto him. lie.
Gen 16:5 Deut 13:6 2Sam 12:3 Mic 7:5
get heat.
Eccl 4:11

 3   So.
Esth 2:2 Esth 2:4
Abishag.
1Kgs 2:17 - 1Kgs 2:25
Shunammite.
Josh 19:18 1Sam 28:4 2Kgs 4:8 2Kgs 4:25

 4   knew her not.
Matt 1:25

 5   Adonijah.
2Sam 3:4 1Chr 3:2
exalted.
1Kgs 1:11 1Kgs 2:24 Exod 9:17 Pro 16:18 Pro 18:12 Luke 14:11 Luke 18:14
I will.
Deut 17:15 Judg 9:2 1Chr 22:5 - 1Chr 22:11 1Chr 28:5 1Chr 29:1
be king. Heb. reign. and he.
Deut 17:16 2Sam 15:1 Isa 2:7

 6   had not.
1Sam 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.
1Sam 9:2 1Sam 10:23 2Sam 14:25
bare him.
2Sam 3:3 2Sam 3:4 1Chr 3:2

 7   And he conferred. Heb. his words were.
2Sam 15:12 Ps 2:2
Joab.
1Kgs 2:28 2Sam 8:16 2Sam 20:23
Abiathar.
1Sam 22:20 - 1Sam 22:23 2Sam 15:24 - 2Sam 15:29 2Sam 15:35 2Sam 20:25
following Adonijah helped him. Heb. helped after Adonijah.
1Kgs 2:22 1Kgs 2:26 - 1Kgs 2:35

 8   Zadok.
1Kgs 2:35 2Sam 8:17 2Sam 8:18 2Sam 20:25 1Chr 27:5 1Chr 27:6 Ezek 44:15
Nathan.
2Sam 7:2 - 2Sam 7:4 2Sam 12:1 - 2Sam 12:15
Shimei.
1Kgs 4:18 Zech 12:13
the mighty.
2Sam 23:8 - 2Sam 23:39 1Chr 11:10 - 1Chr 11:47

 9   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.
slew.
2Sam 15:12 Pro 15:8
En-rogel. or, the well Rogel.
2Sam 17:17
called.
2Sam 13:23 - 2Sam 13:27 2Sam 15:11

 10   1Kgs 1:8 1Kgs 1:19 2Sam 12:1 - 2Sam 12:15

 11   Nathan.
2Sam 7:12 - 2Sam 7:17 2Sam 12:24 2Sam 12:25 1Chr 22:9 1Chr 22:10 1Chr 28:4 1Chr 28:5 1Chr 29:1
Adonijah.
1Kgs 1:5
Haggith.
2Sam 3:4

 12   let me.
Pro 11:14 Pro 20:18 Pro 27:9 Jer 38:15
save.
1Kgs 1:21 Gen 19:17 Acts 27:31
the life.
Judg 9:5 2Kgs 11:1 2Chr 21:4 2Chr 22:10 Matt 21:38

 13   Assuredly.
1Kgs 1:11 1Kgs 1:17 1Kgs 1:30 1Chr 22:6 - 1Chr 22:13
sit.
1Kgs 1:17 1Kgs 1:24 1Kgs 1:30 1Kgs 1:35 1Kgs 1:48 1Kgs 2:12 Deut 17:18 1Chr 29:23 Ps 132:11 Ps 132:12 Isa 9:7 Jer 33:21 Luke 1:32 Luke 1:33

 14   I also.
1Kgs 1:17 - 1Kgs 1:27 2Cor 13:1
confirm. Heb. fill up.


 15   very old.
1Kgs 1:2 - 1Kgs 1:4

 16   bowed.
1Kgs 1:23 1Sam 20:41 1Sam 24:8 1Sam 25:23
And the.
1Kgs 2:20 Esth 7:2 Matt 20:21 Matt 20:32
What wouldest thou? Heb. What to thee?


 17   My lord.
Gen 18:12 1Pet 3:6
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.
1Kgs 1:13 1Kgs 1:30

 18   Adonijah.
1Kgs 1:5 1Kgs 1:24 2Sam 15:10
thou knowest.
1Kgs 1:11 1Kgs 1:24 1Kgs 1:27 Acts 3:17

 19   1Kgs 1:7 - 1Kgs 1:10 1Kgs 1:25

 20   the eyes.
2Chr 20:12 Ps 25:15 Ps 123:2 Zech 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.
2Sam 23:2 1Chr 22:8 - 1Chr 22:10 1Chr 28:5 1Chr 28:6 1Chr 28:10 1Chr 29:1

 21   sleep.
1Kgs 2:10 Gen 15:15 Deut 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.
1Kgs 2:15 1Kgs 2:22 - 1Kgs 2:24

 22   Gen 24:15 Job 1:16 - Job 1:18 Dan 9:20

 23   he bowed.
1Kgs 1:16 Rom 13:7 1Pet 2:17

 24   hast thou.
1Kgs 1:14 1Kgs 1:18
reign.
1Kgs 1:5 1Kgs 1:13 1Kgs 1:17

 25   slain.
1Kgs 1:9 1Kgs 1:19 1Sam 11:14 1Sam 11:15 1Chr 29:21 - 1Chr 29:13
God save king Adonijah. Heb. Let king Adonijah live.
1Kgs 1:34 1Sam 10:24 2Sam 16:16 2Kgs 11:12 2Chr 23:11
; *margins
Matt 21:9 Mark 11:9 Mark 11:10 Luke 19:38

 26   1Kgs 1:8 1Kgs 1:19 2Sam 7:2 2Sam 7:12 - 2Sam 7:17 2Sam 12:25

 27   and thou.
1Kgs 1:24 2Kgs 4:27 John 15:15

 28   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.
1Kgs 1:28

 29   As the.
1Kgs 2:24 1Kgs 17:1 1Kgs 18:10 Judg 8:19 1Sam 14:39 1Sam 14:45 1Sam 19:6 1Sam 20:21 2Sam 12:5 2Kgs 4:30 2Kgs 5:16 2Kgs 5:20
hath.
Gen 48:16 2Sam 4:9 Ps 34:19 - Ps 34:22 Ps 72:14 Ps 136:24 Ps 138:7

 30   Even as I sware.
1Kgs 1:13 1Kgs 1:17

 31   did reverence.
2Sam 9:6 Esth 3:2 Matt 21:37 Eph 5:33 Heb 12:9
Let my.
1Kgs 1:25 Neh 2:3 Dan 2:4 Dan 3:9 Dan 5:10 Dan 6:6 Dan 6:21

 32   Zadok.
1Kgs 1:8 1Kgs 1:26 1Kgs 1:38

 33   Take.
2Sam 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.
1Kgs 1:5 1Kgs 1:38 1Kgs 1:44 Gen 41:43 Esth 6:6 - Esth 6:11
mine own mule. Heb. the mule which belongeth to me.
Lev 19:19
Gihon.
1Kgs 1:38 1Kgs 1:45 2Chr 32:30

 34   Zadok.
1Kgs 19:16 1Sam 10:1 1Sam 16:3 1Sam 16:12 1Sam 16:13 2Sam 2:4 2Sam 5:3 2Kgs 9:3 2Kgs 9:6 2Kgs 11:12 2Chr 23:11 Ps 45:7 Ps 89:20 Ps 89:36 Isa 45:1 Acts 10:38 2Cor 1:21 2Cor 1:22
blow ye.
2Sam 15:10 2Kgs 9:13 2Kgs 11:14 Ps 98:5 - Ps 98:7
God.
1Kgs 1:25 2Kgs 11:12

 35   sit.
1Kgs 1:13 1Kgs 1:17 1Kgs 2:12
I have.
1Kgs 2:15 1Chr 23:1 1Chr 28:4 1Chr 28:5 Ps 2:6 Ps 72:1
*title
1Kgs 1:35 Ps 72:1 Ps 72:2

 36   Amen.
Deut 27:15 - Deut 27:26 Ps 72:19 Jer 11:5 Jer 28:6 Matt 6:13 Matt 28:20 1Cor 14:16
the Lord.
1Sam 25:29 1Chr 17:27 Ps 18:2 Ps 63:1 Ps 89:20 Ps 89:26

 37   As the.
1Kgs 3:7 - 1Kgs 3:9 Exod 3:12 Josh 1:5 Josh 1:17 1Sam 20:13 1Chr 28:20 2Chr 1:1 Ps 46:7 Ps 46:11 Isa 8:10 Matt 1:23 Rom 8:31
and make.
1Kgs 1:47 2Sam 24:3 2Kgs 2:9 Ps 72:8 Ps 72:17 - Ps 72:19 Ps 89:27 Dan 7:14

 38   Zadok.
1Kgs 1:8 1Kgs 1:26
the Cherethites.
1Sam 30:14 2Sam 8:18 2Sam 15:18 2Sam 20:20 - 2Sam 20:23 1Chr 18:17 Zeph 2:5
king David's.
1Kgs 1:33

 39   an horn.
1Sam 16:13
out.
Exod 30:23 - Exod 30:33 Ps 89:20
anointed.
1Chr 29:22
all the people.
1Kgs 1:25 1Sam 10:24 2Kgs 11:12 2Chr 23:11 2Chr 23:13

 40   pipes. or, flutes.
Dan 3:5
rejoiced.
1Sam 11:15 2Kgs 11:14 2Kgs 11:20 1Chr 12:38 - 1Chr 12:40 Ps 97:1 Zech 9:9 Luke 19:37 Rev 11:15 - Rev 11:18
the earth rent. We use a similar expression in precisely the same sense: "They rent the air with their cries."


 41   as they.
Job 20:5 Pro 14:13 Eccl 7:4 - Eccl 7:6 Matt 24:38 Matt 24:39 Luke 17:26 - Luke 17:29
Wherefore.
Exod 32:17 Job 15:21 Job 15:22 Ps 73:18 - Ps 73:20
the city.
Matt 21:9 - Matt 21:11 Matt 21:15 Acts 21:31

 42   Jonathan.
2Sam 15:36 2Sam 17:17
a valiant.
1Kgs 22:18 2Sam 18:27 2Kgs 9:22 Isa 57:21 1Thess 5:2 1Thess 5:3

 43   Verily.
1Kgs 1:32 - 1Kgs 1:40

 44  

 45   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. (1Chr 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 N. N. W. 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. ch. 6.
the city.
1Kgs 1:40 1Sam 4:5 Ezra 3:13
This is.
1Kgs 14:6 1Sam 28:14 Dan 5:26 - Dan 5:28

 46   1Kgs 1:13 1Chr 29:23 Ps 132:11 Hag 2:22

 47   bless.
Exod 12:32 2Sam 8:10 2Sam 21:3 Ezra 6:10 Ps 20:1 - Ps 20:4
God.
1Kgs 1:37 Luke 19:38
bowed.
Gen 47:31 Heb 11:21

 48   Blessed.
Gen 14:20 1Chr 29:10 1Chr 29:20 Neh 9:5 Ps 34:1 Ps 41:13 Ps 72:17 - Ps 72:19 Ps 103:1 Ps 103:2 Ps 145:2 Dan 4:34 Luke 1:46 Luke 1:47 Luke 1:68 Luke 1:69 Eph 1:3 1Pet 1:3
which.
1Kgs 3:6 1Chr 17:11 - 1Chr 17:14 1Chr 17:17 Ps 132:11 Ps 132:12 Pro 17:6
mine eyes.
2Sam 24:3 Ps 128:5 Ps 128:6

 49   Pro 28:1 Isa 21:4 Isa 21:5 Dan 5:4 - Dan 5:6

 50   caught.
1Kgs 2:28 Exod 21:14 Exod 38:2 Ps 118:27

 51   1Kgs 1:51

 52   there shall.
1Sam 14:45 2Sam 14:11 Matt 10:30 Luke 21:18 Acts 27:34
wickedness.
1Kgs 2:21 - 1Kgs 2:25 Job 15:22 Pro 13:6 Pro 21:12

 53   bowed himself.
1Kgs 1:16 1Kgs 1:31 2Sam 1:2
Go to.
1Kgs 2:36 2Sam 14:24 2Sam 14:28 Pro 24:21