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1 i Mbretërve 1:6

(I ati i tij nuk e kishte qortuar kurrë në jetën e tij, duke i thënë: "Pse bën kështu?". Edhe Adonijahu ishte shumë i bukur dhe kishte lindur mbas Absalomit).

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adonijah;   Citizens;   Civil Service;   Parents;   Usurpation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Children;   Home;   Indulgence, Parental;   Parental;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Children, Wicked;   Judah, the Tribe of;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nathan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   Adonijah;   David;   Joab;   Parents;   Solomon;   Zadok;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Absalom;   Solomon;   Zoheleth;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Absalom;   Adonijah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Nathan;   Wheel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Firstborn;   Israel;   Nathan;   Solomon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;   Hag'gith;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Adonijah;   Anger;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

had not: 1 Samuel 3:13, Proverbs 22:15, Proverbs 23:13, Proverbs 23:14, Proverbs 29:15, Hebrews 12:5, Hebrews 12:6

at any time: Heb. from his days

very: 1 Samuel 9:2, 1 Samuel 10:23, 2 Samuel 14:25

bare him: 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 3:4, 1 Chronicles 3:2

Reciprocal: Judges 18:7 - magistrate 1 Samuel 2:23 - Why 2 Chronicles 11:23 - dispersed Hebrews 12:7 - for what

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his father had not displeased him at any time,.... Always humoured him in everything, let him have his own way and will, and granted him what he desired, and never corrected him for his faults, or made him ashamed, as the Targum, by telling him of them, and chastising him for them; this was not to the credit of David, being guilty of the same sin with Eli; and on this Adonijah presumed much, that he would not contradict and countermand in this as he had not in other things before:

in saying, why hast thou done so? never so much as asked a reason of his conduct, so far was he from reproving him for it:

and he [also] was a very goodly [man]; of a comely countenance, tall and well proportioned, as his brother Absalom, and which was another thing on which he built his hopes of succeeding in his enterprise; for in those times, as in later times, and other nations, a comely aspect and personable appearance recommended a man to the choice of the people for a supreme magistrate, :-;

and [his mother] bare him after Absalom; not that the same woman bore him as did Absalom; for Absalom's mother was Maachah, this man's Haggith; but she bore him after Absalom's mother had bore him, so that he was next son; and now Amnon, Chileab, or Daniel, and Absalom, being all dead, he was the eldest son living, and upon this he founded his claim to the throne, and his hope of succeeding.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 2 Samuel 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 1 Samuel 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 2 Samuel 3:3-4. The words in italics are not in the original; hence, some, by a slight alteration, read “David begat him.”


 
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