1 Kings 1:35
in 1 Kings 1Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
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ASV
Then ye shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.
KJV
Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
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This verse in 1 Kings 1
Commentary
9 notes on this verseSit upon my throne - The matter of conducting a business of this kind seems to have been this: 1. The king elect was placed on the mule of his predecessor, and caused to ride abroad to one of the public wells, or to a river where there was the greatest concourse of people, that they might see who he was that was appointed. Solomon was here taken to the river Gihon, in order to be anointed; the continual stream or constantly running fountain, denoting the perpetuity of the kingdom.
This site's exposition
blow ye with the trumpet
on 1 Kings 1:34-35
Zadok and Nathan are to anoint Solomon king at Gihon and sound the trumpet with the cry God save king Solomon, the same acclamation formula that entered Scripture at Saul's anointing, God save the king, in 1 Sam 10:24. David's closing clause names Solomon ruler over Israel and over Judah both, closing off any later claim that the appointment was partial. The formula that crowned the first king now crowns the third.
This site's exposition
sit on my throne and reign
Solomon reigns while his father lives. Augustine of Hippo called that succession unique among the kings of the Jews, and he drew from it that the promise of 2 Samuel 7, a son raised after David sleeps with his fathers, reaches beyond Solomon. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that naming an heir publicly in the old king's lifetime was an Eastern custom.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Solomon, it will be remembered, succeeded to the throne during his father David's lifetime—a kind of succession unique among Jewish kings—for no other reason save to furnish further clear evidence that Solomon is not the man our prophecy proclaims. Nathan says to David, "And when your days shall be fulfilled and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will raise up your seed after you, which shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom." In view of these words, how can anyone think that, because of the later verse, "He shall build a house to my name," Solomon is the subject of the prophecy and fail to realize that in view of the earlier words, "And when your days shall be fulfilled and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will raise up your seed after you," a different Peacemaker is promised—one to be raised up not before David's demise as Solomon was but afterwards? It makes no difference how long was the lapse of time before the destined coming of Jesus Christ. The thing that is beyond question is that he who was promised in such terms to king David was destined to come after his death, the very same who was to build a house for God such as we rejoice to see rising up today, a house not fashioned of timbers and stones but of human beings. It is these people, believers in Christ, whom Saint Paul addresses in these words: "Holy is the temple of God, and this temple you are."
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
This unction was typical of the designation and qualification of the Messiah, or Christ, the anointed one, on whom the Spirit, that oil of gladness, was poured without measure, Heb. i. And all Christians, being heirs of the kingdom ( Jam. ii.
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My stead - My deputy and vice-king whilst I live, and absolutely king when I die. And Judah - This is added, lest the men of Judah, who were in a special manner invited by Adonijah, ver. 9, might think themselves exempted from his jurisdiction.
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Then ye shall come up after him,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Over Israel and over Judah - There is no anticipation here of the subsequent division of the kingdom; the antithesis between Judah and Israel already existed in the reign of David 2Sa 2:9; 2Sa 19:11.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne--The public recognition of the successor to the throne, during the old king's lifetime, is accordant with the customs of the East.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַעֲלִיתֶ֣ם | vaalitem | and you will come up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אַחֲרָ֗יו | ʾacharav | after him | H310 → | 715 times |
| וּבָא֙ | uva' | and he will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וְיָשַׁ֣ב | veyashav | and he will sit | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כִּסְאִ֔י | kisi | throne my | H3678 → | 135 times |
| וְה֥וּא | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יִמְלֹ֖ךְ | yimlokh | he will reign | H4427 → | 348 times |
| תַּחְתָּ֑י | tachtai | in place of me | H8478 → | 505 times |
| וְאֹת֤וֹ | veoto | and <with> him | H854 → | 929 times |
| צִוִּ֙יתִי֙ | tziviti | I have appointed | H6680 → | 494 times |
| לִֽהְי֣וֹת | lihyot | to be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| נָגִ֔יד | nagid | ruler | H5057 → | 45 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְהוּדָֽה׃ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
וַעֲלִיתֶ֣םand you will come up
vaalitemH5927 →890 times
אַחֲרָ֗יוafter him
ʾacharavH310 →715 times
וּבָא֙and he will come
uva'H935 →2568 times
וְיָשַׁ֣בand he will sit
veyashavH3427 →1079 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כִּסְאִ֔יthrone my
kisiH3678 →135 times
וְה֥וּאand he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
יִמְלֹ֖ךְhe will reign
yimlokhH4427 →348 times
תַּחְתָּ֑יin place of me
tachtaiH8478 →505 times
וְאֹת֤וֹand <with> him
veotoH854 →929 times
צִוִּ֙יתִי֙I have appointed
tzivitiH6680 →494 times
לִֽהְי֣וֹתto be
lihyotH1961 →3559 times
נָגִ֔ידruler
nagidH5057 →45 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְעַל־and over
veal-H5921 →5755 times
יְהוּדָֽה׃Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
it leads to
- Revelation 14:1
Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Psalms 45:6
Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Ephesians 1:22
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
- Isaiah 9:6–7
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…
- Revelation 14:1
Through
1 Kings 1:13Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”?…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 1:30
I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my…
- 1 Kings 1:30
Through
1 Chronicles 23:1When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 29:28
He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 29:28
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, City of God 17.8; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.