1 Kings 1:12 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 1:12

Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

KJV

Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Save thine own life, and the life of thy son - Nathan took for granted that Adonijah would put both Bath-sheba and Solomon to death as state criminals, if he got established on the throne. O cursed lust of rule! a father will destroy his son, a son depose his father, and a brother murder a brother, in order to obtain a crown! 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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Such as this is the counsel that Christ's ministers give us in his name, to give all diligence, not only that no man take our crown ( Rev. iii. 11 ), but that we save our lives, even the lives of our souls.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Adonijah, in common with the people generally, expected that this natural arrangement should be followed in the Hebrew kingdom as in all others. Nathan, who was aware of the old king's solemn promise to Solomon, and, moreover, that this promise was sanctioned by the divine will, saw that no time was to be lost.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֕ה	ve.'a.Tah	and therefore	H6258 →
לְכִ֛י	le.Khi	come	H1980 →
אִיעָצֵ֥ךְ	'i.'a.Tzekh	let me counsel you	H3289 →
נָ֖א	na'	please	H4994 →
עֵצָ֑ה	'e.Tzah	counsel	H6098 →
וּמַלְּטִי֙	u.ma.le.Ti	and save	H4422 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
נַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ	naf.Shekh	life your	H5315 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
נֶ֥פֶשׁ	Ne.fesh	[the] life of	H5315 →
בְּנֵ֖ךְ	be.Nekh	son your	H1121 →
שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 27:31
But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14
  But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by…
- Jeremiah 29:11–13
  For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
- Psalms 91:11–12
  For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
Through
2 Kings 11:1
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
leads to
- Jeremiah 41:1
  In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son…
- 2 Chronicles 22:10–12
  When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
- 2 Kings 25:25
  In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the…
Through
1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:10
  Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- Deuteronomy 31:16
  And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will…