1 Kings 2:22 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 2:22

King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

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ASV

And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Ask for him the kingdom also - Bath-sheba had not seen anything dangerous or suspicious in Adonijah’s request. Solomon, on the contrary, takes alarm at once. To ask for Abishag was to ask for the kingdom. To the Oriental mind a monarch was so sacred, that whatever was brought near to him was thenceforth separate from common use. This sacred and separate character attached especially to the Royal harem. The inmates either remained widows for the rest of their lives, or became the wives of the deceased king’s successor.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This was, in both, an intolerable affront both to God and to the government, and the worse because of their high station and the great influence their examples might have upon many. They therefore come next to be reckoned with. They are both equally guilty of the treason, but, in the judgment passed upon them, a difference is made and with good reason.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעַן֩	vai.ya.'An	and he answered	H6030 →
הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לְאִמּ֗וֹ	le.'i.Mo	to mother his	H517 →
וְלָמָה֩	ve.la.Mah	and <to> why?	H4100 →
אַ֨תְּ	'at	[are] you	H859 →
שֹׁאֶ֜לֶת	sho.'E.let	asking	H7592 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲבִישַׁ֤ג	'a.vi.Shag	Abishag	H49 →
הַשֻּׁנַמִּית֙	ha.shu.na.Mit	the Shunammite	H7767 →
לַאֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ	la.'a.Do.ni.Ya.hu	for Adonijah	H138 →
וְשַֽׁאֲלִי־	ve.sha.'a.li-	and ask	H7592 →
לוֹ֙	lo	for him
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַמְּלוּכָ֔ה	ha.me.lu.Khah	the kingship	H4410 →
כִּ֛י	ki	for	H3588 →
ה֥וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
אָחִ֖י	'a.Chi	[is] brother my	H251 →
הַגָּד֣וֹל	ha.ga.Dol	<the> old	H1419 →
מִמֶּ֑נִּי	mi.Me.ni	more than me	H4480 →
וְלוֹ֙	ve.Lo	and for him
וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֣ר	u.le.'ev.ya.Tar	and for Abiathar	H54 →
הַכֹּהֵ֔ן	ha.ko.Hen	the priest	H3548 →
וּלְיוֹאָ֖ב	u.le.yo.'Av	and for Joab	H3097 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
צְרוּיָֽה׃ פ	tze.ru.Yah	Zeruiah	H6870 →

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

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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
James 4:3
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
leads to
- 1 John 5:14
  And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- 1 John 3:22
  and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
- James 1:6–7
  But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
- James 4:1
  What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
- Proverbs 15:8
  The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Through
Mark 10:38
“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”
leads to
- Luke 12:50
  But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
Through
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…
leads to
- 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.
Through
1 Kings 1:11
Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?
leads to
- 2 Samuel 3:4
  his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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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06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About 1 Kings