1 Kings 1:24
in 1 Kings 1“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
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ASV
And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
KJV
And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
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This verse in 1 Kings 1
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Hast thou said - Thou hast said. In the original no question is asked. Nathan assumes, as far as words go, that the king has made this declaration. He wishes to draw forth a disclaimer.
This site's exposition
Adonijah shall reign after me
on 1 Kings 1:24-27
Nathan's report matches Bathsheba's in every detail and adds one line she did not use, that the guests are eating and drinking before Adonijah and crying God save king Adonijah, the same acclamation formula that will greet Solomon at Gihon within the hour. He frames his own exclusion, with Zadok's, Benaiah's and Solomon's, as a question rather than an accusation, asking whether this was done by David's own order. The question forces David to either own the coronation or disown it, and he answers in the next verse.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
A commentator
Athanasius of Alexandria296–373
Discourses Against the Arians 2.3-4 · Written before 373.
proposed
Thus fathers often call their sons their servants, yet without denying the genuineness of their nature. In fact, they often affectionately call their own servants children, yet without losing sight of the fact they did purchase them originally. For they use the one appellation from their authority as fathers, but in the other they speak from affection. Thus Sara called Abraham lord, although she was not a servant but a wife.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
) that, while she was reasoning with the king in this matter, he would come in and second her, as if he came accidentally, which perhaps the king might look upon as a special providence (and he was one that took notice of such evidences, 1 Sam. xxv.
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And Nathan said, my lord, O king,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמֶר֮ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| נָתָן֒ | natan | Nathan | H5416 → | 41 times |
| אֲדֹנִ֣י | ʾadoni | O lord my | H113 → | 333 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אַתָּ֣ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| אָמַ֔רְתָּ | ʾamarta | have you said? | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנִיָּ֖הוּ | ʾadoniyahu | Adonijah | H138 → | 26 times |
| יִמְלֹ֣ךְ | yimlokh | he will reign | H4427 → | 348 times |
| אַחֲרָ֑י | ʾacharai | after me | H310 → | 715 times |
| וְה֖וּא | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יֵשֵׁ֥ב | yeshev | he will sit | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כִּסְאִֽי׃ | kisi | throne my | H3678 → | 135 times |
וַיֹּאמֶר֮and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
נָתָן֒Nathan
natanH5416 →41 times
אֲדֹנִ֣יO lord my
ʾadoniH113 →333 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
אַתָּ֣הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
אָמַ֔רְתָּhave you said?
ʾamartaH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנִיָּ֖הוּAdonijah
ʾadoniyahuH138 →26 times
יִמְלֹ֣ךְhe will reign
yimlokhH4427 →348 times
אַחֲרָ֑יafter me
ʾacharaiH310 →715 times
וְה֖וּאand he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
יֵשֵׁ֥בhe will sit
yeshevH3427 →1079 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כִּסְאִֽי׃throne my
kisiH3678 →135 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 1:5At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 15:1
Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
- 2 Samuel 3:4
his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;
- 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?
- Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:1
Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for…
- 2 Samuel 15:1
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Athanasius of Alexandria, Discourses Against the Arians 2.3-4; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.