1 Kings 1:6
in 1 Kings 1(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.
KJV
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
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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)
Had not displeased him - i. e. “His father had never checked or thwarted him all his life.” A very goodly man - Here, too, Adonijah resembled Absalom 2Sa 14:25. The Jews, like the other nations of antiquity, regarded the physical qualities of rulers as of great importance, and wished their kings to be remarkable for strength, stature, and beauty 1Sa 9:2. Adonijah’s personal advantages no doubt helped to draw the people to him. His mother ... - i. e. Haggith bare Adonijah after Maacah bare Absalom 2Sa 3:3-
This site's exposition
I will be king
on 1 Kings 1:5-6
Adonijah exalts himself, and the narrator hands the reader the cause before he hands the verdict: his father had not displeased him at any time, one of Scripture's few explicit judgments on a parent's failure. The chariots, horsemen and fifty men who run before him repeat David's son Absalom's own self-coronation almost word for word from 2 Sam 15:1, so Adonijah stages the same rebellion his half brother staged, this time without a war. Verse six adds that his mother bare him after Absalom, placing him next in birth order and next in the pattern.
This site's exposition
Adonijah was also very handsome
Matthew Henry observed that the verse speaks of David never crossing his son, and he judged that Adonijah had often grieved his father, who lamented it before God in private. Albert Barnes adds that Israel, like its neighbours, prized a king's stature and looks, as with Saul at 1 Samuel 9:2. His looks won him a following.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Displeased him - This is noted as David's great error, and the occasion of Adonijah's presumption. Saying - He neither restrained him from, nor reproved him for his miscarriages: which David well knew was a great sin. Goodly man - This was a second ground of his confidence, because his great comeliness made him amiable in the peoples eyes.
And his father had not displeased him at any time,....
He had not displeased him at any time. It is not said that he never displeased his father; it is probably that he had done so frequently, and his father was secretly troubled at his misconduct and lamented it before God.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| עֲצָב֨וֹ | atzavo | he had rebuked him | H6087 → | |
| אָבִ֤יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| מִיָּמָיו֙ | miyamav | from days his | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מַדּ֖וּעַ | madua' | why? | H4069 → | 72 times |
| כָּ֣כָה | kakhah | thus | H3602 → | 37 times |
| עָשִׂ֑יתָ | ʾasita | have you done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| וְגַם־ | vegam- | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| ה֤וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| טֽוֹב־ | tov- | [was] good of | H2896 → | 538 times |
| תֹּ֙אַר֙ | toar | appearance | H8389 → | |
| מְאֹ֔ד | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
| וְאֹת֥וֹ | veoto | and <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָלְדָ֖ה | yaldah | someone bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אַחֲרֵ֥י | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ | ʾavshalom | Absalom | H53 → | 110 times |
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
עֲצָב֨וֹhe had rebuked him
atzavoH6087 →
אָבִ֤יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
מִיָּמָיו֙from days his
miyamavH3117 →2304 times
לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
מַדּ֖וּעַwhy?
madua'H4069 →72 times
כָּ֣כָהthus
kakhahH3602 →37 times
עָשִׂ֑יתָhave you done
ʾasitaH6213 →2628 times
וְגַם־and also
vegam-H1571 →769 times
ה֤וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
טֽוֹב־[was] good of
tov-H2896 →538 times
תֹּ֙אַר֙appearance
toarH8389 →
מְאֹ֔דvery
meodH3966 →300 times
וְאֹת֥וֹand <obj.> him
veotoH853 →10935 times
יָלְדָ֖הsomeone bore
yaldahH3205 →496 times
אַחֲרֵ֥יafter
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃Absalom
ʾavshalomH53 →110 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 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
it leads to
- Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
- Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
- Proverbs 29:17
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
- Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- Proverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
- Proverbs 10:1
Through
1 Samuel 3:13I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
it leads to
- Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
- 1 Samuel 2:12
Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
- Matthew 10:37
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
- Proverbs 19:18
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.