Electioneering

How Nave’s arranged it

• By Absalom2 Samuel 15:1–6
• By Adonijah1 Kings 1:7

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. 2 Samuel 15:1–6

   Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 15:1–62 voices

   The royal guards, called runners, avant couriers, amounted to fifty (1Ki 1:5). The chariot, as the Hebrew indicates, was of a magnificent style; and the horses, a novelty among the Hebrew people, only introduced in that age as an appendage of royalty (Ps 32:9; 66:12), formed a splendid retinue, which would make him "the observed of all observers."

   “And it came to pass ... - The working out of Nathan’s prophecy (marginal reference) is the clue to the course of the narrative. How long after Absalom’s return these events occurred we are not told.

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2. 1 Kings 1:7

   So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 1:71 voice

   “Joab’s defection on this occasion, after his faithful adherence to David during the troubles caused by Absalom 2 Sam. 18:2-17, may be accounted for by his fear that Solomon would be a “man of rest” 1Ch 22:9 and by his preference for the character of Adonijah. He may also have thought that Adonijah, as the eldest son 1Ki 1:5, had almost a right to succeed. Abiathar’s defection is still more surprising than Joab’s. For his history, see 1Sa 22:20 note. Hereto, David and he had been the firmest of friends.

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