1 Kings 1:17-27
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 Adonijah 1Kgs 1:5, 1Kgs 1:24; 2Sam 15:10 thou knowest 1Kgs 1:11, 1Kgs 1:24, 1Kgs 1:27; Acts 3:17 1Kgs 1:7-10, 1Kgs 1:25 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 22:8-10, 1Chr 28:5-6, 1Chr 28:10, 1Chr 29:1 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 2:22-24 Gen 24:15; Job 1:16-18; Dan 9:20 he bowed 1Kgs 1:16; Rom 13:7; 1Pet 2:17 hast thou 1Kgs 1:14, 1Kgs 1:18 reign 1Kgs 1:5, 1Kgs 1:13, 1Kgs 1:17 slain 1Kgs 1:9, 1Kgs 1:19; 1Sam 11:14-15; 1Chr 29:21-23 God save king Adonijah Heb. Let king Adonijah live, 1Kgs 1:34; 1Sam 10:24; 2Sam 16:16; 2Kgs 11:12; 2Chr 23:11 *marg. Matt 21:9; Mark 11:9-10; Luke 19:38 1Kgs 1:8, 1Kgs 1:19; 2Sam 7:2, 2Sam 7:12-17, 2Sam 12:25 and thou 1Kgs 1:24; 2Kgs 4:27; John 15:15
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