And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
And all the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
And they tremble, and rise--all those called who are for Adonijah--and go, each on his way;
And all Adonijah's guests were afraid, and rose up and went every man his way.
1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Voices2
And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
The arrival of a trusty messenger, who gave a full detail of the coronation ceremony [1Ki 1:43-48], spread dismay in their camp. The wicked and ambitious plot they had assembled to execute was dissipated, and every one of the conspirators consulted his safety by flight. ADONIJAH, FLEEING TO THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR, IS DISMISSED BY SOLOMON.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
The walk5
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
Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
leads to
The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
The verses this one reaches3
As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
