1 Kings 2:17 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 2:17

Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

BSB

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ASV

And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king (for he will not say thee nay), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

KJV

And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That he give me Abishag - to wife - He cheerfully gives up all right to the kingdom, and only desires to have this young woman, who, though she had been his father’s wife or concubine, was still in a state of virginity. Some think that Joab and Abiathar had advised Adonijah to make this application, not doubting, if he got Abishag, that the popular tide would again turn in his favor, and that Solomon, whom they did not like, might soon be deposed; and that it was on this account that Solomon was so severe.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אִמְרִי־	'im.ri-	speak	H559 →
נָא֙	na'	please	H4994 →
לִשְׁלֹמֹ֣ה	lish.lo.Moh	to Solomon	H8010 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יָשִׁ֖יב	ya.Shiv	he will turn away	H7725 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
פָּנָ֑יִךְ	pa.Na.yikh	face your	H6440 →
וְיִתֶּן־	ve.yi.ten-	so he may give	H5414 →
לִ֛י	li	to me
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲבִישַׁ֥ג	'a.vi.Shag	Abishag	H49 →
הַשּׁוּנַמִּ֖ית	ha.shu.na.Mit	the Shunammite	H7767 →
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃	le.'i.Shah	to a wife	H802 →

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Where the connections lead

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2 Samuel 12:8
I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you…
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- Psalms 84:11
  For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- Romans 8:32
  He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- 2 Samuel 9:7
  “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you…
- 2 Samuel 5:5
  In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
- 2 Samuel 7:19
  And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O…
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2 Samuel 3:7
Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 21:8–11
  But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel…
- 2 Samuel 12:8
  I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you…
- 2 Samuel 16:21–22
  Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who…

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PersonSolomonDavid's son and the third king of Israel; the temple-builder and wisdom-king, to whom Psalms 72 and 127 are ascribed.

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