Abishag

How Nave’s arranged it

• Wife of David1 Kings 1:1–41 Kings 2:13–25

The passages, in Bible order (2)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 1 Kings 1:1–4

   Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 1:1–41 voice

   “Now - Rather, “and.” The conjunction has here, probably, the same sort of connecting force which it has at the opening of Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, etc., and implies that the historian regards his work as a continuation of a preceding history. King David - The expression “king David,” instead of the simpler “David,” is characteristic of the writer of Kings. (See the introduction to the Book of Kings) The phrase is comparatively rare in Chronicles and Samuel. Stricken in, years - David was perhaps now in his first year.

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2. 1 Kings 2:13–25

   Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 2:13–251 voice

   “The right hand is the place of honor; and as it expressly said to have been assigned to "the king's mother," it is necessary to remark that, when a husband dies, his widow acquires a higher dignity and power, as a mother over her son, than she ever possessed before. Besides, the dignity of "king's mother" is a state office, to which certain revenues are attached.

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