1 Kings 13:2

13:2 With the authority of the Lord¹ he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”²

1 Kings 13:2

13:2 With the authority of the Lord³ he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”⁴

1 Kings 1:15

1:15 So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters.⁵ (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised⁶ him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king,⁷ to take care of the king’s needs⁸ and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you⁹ and keep our master, the king, warm.”¹⁰

1 Kings 1:1

Adonijah Tries to Seize the Throne

1:1 King David was very old;¹¹ even when they covered him with blankets,¹² he could not get warm.

1 Kings 1:5-7

1:5 Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith,¹³ was promoting himself,¹⁴ boasting,¹⁵ “I will be king!” He managed to acquire¹⁶ chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.¹⁷ 1:6 (Now his father had never corrected¹⁸ him¹⁹ by saying, “Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom.²⁰) 1:7 He collaborated²¹ with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported²² him.²³

¹tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

²sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.

³tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

⁴sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.

⁵tn Or “bedroom.”

⁶tn Heb “said to.”

⁷tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

⁸tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

⁹tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

¹⁰tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

¹¹tn Heb “was old, coming into the days” (i.e., advancing in years).

¹²tn Or “garments.”

¹³tn Heb “son of Haggith,” but since this formula usually designates the father (who in this case was David), the translation specifies that David was Adonijah’s father.

¹⁴tn Heb “lifting himself up.”

¹⁵tn Heb “saying.”

¹⁶tn Or “he acquired for himself.”

¹⁷tn Heb “to run ahead of him.”

¹⁸tn Or “disciplined.”

¹⁹tn Heb “did not correct him from his days.” The phrase “from his days” means “from his earliest days,” or “ever in his life.” See GKC 382 §119.w, n. 2.

²⁰tn Heb “and she gave birth to him after Absalom.” This does not imply they had the same mother; Absalom’s mother was Maacah, not Haggith (2 Sam 3:4).

²¹tn Heb “his words were.”

²²tn Heb “helped after” (i.e., stood by).

²³tn Heb “Adonijah.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.