1 Kings 1:33 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 1:33

“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.

BSB

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ASV

And the king said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

KJV

The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

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Commentary

4 voices

Ishodad of Merv

BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 1:33 (850)

[David] orders [Zadok, Nathan and Benaiah] to make "Solomon ride [his] mule," because this animal was highly valued among the Hebrews, just like the white donkey among the Romans. The Jews, in fact, did not possess mules, since they were not allowed to "breed their …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the king said unto them, take ye the servants of your lord,.... Meaning his own servants, his bodyguards, the Cherethites and Pelethites, as appears from 1Ki 1:38; the Jews (a) from hence gather, that a king is superior to an high priest, since David calls himself the lord of Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet: and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule; for it seems on such a creature David used to ride, as did his sons; horses not being so common in Judea as they were afterwards.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

This place David chose, either, as remote from Adonijah and his company, that so the people might be there without fear of tumults or bloodshed; or, to shew that Solomon was chosen king in opposition to Adonijah: or, because this was a place of great resort, and fit to receive and display that numerous company, which he knew would follow Solomon thither.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Mules and horses seem to have been first employed by the Israelites in the reign of David, and the use of the former was at first confined to great personages 2Sa 13:29; 2Sa 18:9. The rabbis tell us that it was death to ride on the king’s mule without his permission; and thus it would be the more evident to all that the proceedings with respect to Solomon had David’s sanction.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
לָהֶ֗ם	la.Hem	to them
קְח֤וּ	ke.Chu	take	H3947 →
עִמָּכֶם֙	'i.ma.Khem	with you	H5973 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַבְדֵ֣י	'av.Dei	[the] servants of	H5650 →
אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֔ם	'a.do.nei.Khem	lord<s> your	H113 →
וְהִרְכַּבְתֶּם֙	ve.hir.kav.Tem	and you will cause to ride	H7392 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
בְנִ֔י	ve.Ni	son my	H1121 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַפִּרְדָּ֖ה	ha.pir.Dah	the mule	H6506 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
לִ֑י	Li	[belongs] to me
וְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֥ם	ve.ho.rad.Tem	and you will take down	H3381 →
אֹת֖וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
גִּחֽוֹן׃	gi.Chon	Gihon	H1521 →

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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
1 Kings 1:38
Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:18
  Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
- 1 Kings 1:8
  But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
Through
2 Chronicles 33:14
After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of…
leads to
- Nehemiah 3:3
  The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
- 2 Chronicles 27:3
  Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
- Zephaniah 1:10
  On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
- Nehemiah 12:39
  over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of…
Through
2 Chronicles 32:30
It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
leads to
- 1 Kings 1:45
  Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 1:1–3
  Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.