1 Kings 1:11-31

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Nathan <05416> [Nathan.]

Adonijah <0138> [Adonijah.]

Haggith's <02294> [Haggith.]

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<03289> [let me.]

save <04422> [save.]

life ...... life <05315> [the life.]

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Surely <03588> [Assuredly.]

sit <03427> [sit.]

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arrive <0935> [I also.]

verify <04390> [confirm. Heb. fill up.]

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very old <02204 03966> [very old.]

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bowed down on <06915> [bowed.]

king ... king <04428> [And the.]

[What wouldest thou? Heb. What to thee?]

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master <0113> [My lord.]

swore <07650> [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.

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Adonijah <0138> [Adonijah.]

aware <03045> [thou knowest.]

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watching .... see <05869> [the eyes.]

<05046> [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.

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<07901> [sleep.]

son <01121> [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!

criminals <02400> [offenders. Heb. sinners.]

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bowed <07812> [he bowed.]

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said ........ announce <0559> [hast thou.]

king <04427> [reign.]

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sacrificed <02076> [slain.]

king's .......................... live King Adonijah <02421 04428 0138> [God save king Adonijah. Heb. Let king Adonijah live.]

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informing <03045> [and thou.]

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Summon Bathsheba <07121 01339> [Call me.]

She appears to have gone out when Nathan entered; and he retired when she was readmitted.

King .......... before ... king <04428 06440> [into the king's presence. Heb. before the king.]

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Lord <03068> [As the.]

rescued <06299> [hath.]

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swore <07650> [Even as I sware.]

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bowed <07812> [did reverence.]

master <0113> [Let my.]