1 Kings 1:53
in 1 Kings 1So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said unto him, Go to thy house.
KJV
So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.
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This verse in 1 Kings 1
Commentary
6 notes on this verseGo to thine house - Intimating that he should have no place about the king’s person, nor under the government. Adonijah must have seen that he stood continually on his good behavior. Friar Bacon’s method of restoring and strengthening the Natural Heat “I have read many volumes of the wise: I find few things in physic which restore the natural heat, weakened by dissolution of the innate moisture, or increase of a foreign one. “But certain wise men have tacitly made mention of some medicine, which is likened to that which goes out of the mine of the noble animal.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Adonijah is sent for, and told upon what terms he stands, which he signifies his grateful submission to, and then is told to go to his house and live retired there. Solomon not only gave him his life, but his estate, thus establishing his throne by mercy.
So King Solomon sent, and they brought down Adonijah from the altar,....
David, as recorded in the foregoing chapter, had, by the great mercy of God, escaped the sword of the destroying angel. But our deliverances from or through diseases and dangers are but reprieves; if the candle be not blown out, it will burn out of itself. We have David here sinking under the infirmities of old age, and brought by them to the gates of the grave.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The horns or projections at the four corners of the altar, to which the sacrifices were bound, and which were tipped with the blood of the victim, were symbols of grace and salvation to the sinner. Hence the altar was regarded as a sanctuary (Ex 21:14), but not to murderers, rebels, or deliberate perpetrators.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they brought him down from the altar--from the ledge around the altar on which he was standing. he bowed himself--that is, did homage to Solomon as king.
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The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| וַיֹּרִדֻ֙הוּ֙ | vaiyoriduhu | and they brought down him | H3381 → | 381 times |
| מֵעַ֣ל | meal | from at | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֕א | vaiyavo' | and he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ | vaiyishtachu | and he bowed down | H7812 → | 172 times |
| לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | lamelekh | to the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ | vaiyomer- | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| ל֥וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| לֵ֥ךְ | lekh | go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| לְבֵיתֶֽךָ׃ פ | leveitekha | to house your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וַיִּשְׁלַ֞חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֗הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
וַיֹּרִדֻ֙הוּ֙and they brought down him
vaiyoriduhuH3381 →381 times
מֵעַ֣לfrom at
mealH5921 →5755 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַthe altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 times
וַיָּבֹ֕אand he came
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּand he bowed down
vaiyishtachuH7812 →172 times
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְto the king
lamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֑הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־and he said
vaiyomer-H559 →5305 times
ל֥וֹto him
lo
שְׁלֹמֹ֖הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
לֵ֥ךְgo
lekhH1980 →1546 times
לְבֵיתֶֽךָ׃ פto house your
leveitekhaH1004 →2046 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
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
it leads to
- Romans 13:1–7
Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
- 1 Peter 2:13–17
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
- Titus 3:1
Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,
- 1 Kings 12:16
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your…
- Matthew 22:21
“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
- Romans 13:1–7
Through
2 Samuel 14:24But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the king.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 14:28
Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 14:28
Through
1 Kings 1:31Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
it leads to
- Daniel 2:4
Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
- Daniel 3:9
saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!
- Daniel 2:4
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.