1 Kings 13:1-3
arrived <0935> [there came.]
<01697> [by the word.]
Jeroboam <03379> [Jeroboam.]
sacrifice <06999> [burn. or, offer.]
altar ... altar altar <04196> [O altar.]
named Josiah <02977 08034> [Josiah by name.]
sacrifice <02076> [offer.]
1 Kings 13:2
altar ... altar altar <04196> [O altar.]
named Josiah <02977 08034> [Josiah by name.]
sacrifice <02076> [offer.]
1 Kings 1:16-21
bowed down on <06915> [bowed.]
king ... king <04428> [And the.]
[What wouldest thou? Heb. What to thee?]
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.
Adonijah <0138> [Adonijah.]
aware <03045> [thou knowest.]
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.
<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.]
