1 Kings 1:25

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹¹Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, "Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it? ¹²Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon. 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"? Why then has Adonijah become king?' ¹⁴Then, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words." ¹⁵So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him. ¹⁶And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, "What is your desire?" ¹⁷"My lord," she replied, "you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: 'Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.' ¹⁸But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, did not know it. ¹⁹And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon. ²⁰And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

slain: 1 Kings 1:9, 1 Kings 1:19, 1 Samuel 11:14, 1 Samuel 11:15, 1 Chronicles 29:21-23

God save king Adonijah: Heb. Let king Adonijah live, 1 Kings 1:34, 1 Samuel 10:24, 2 Samuel 16:16, 2 Kings 11:12, 2 Chronicles 23:11, *marg. Matthew 21:9, Mark 11:9, Mark 11:10, Luke 19:38

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 13:23 - invited 1 Kings 1:31 - Let my 1 Kings 1:39 - all the people 1 Kings 2:15 - Thou knowest 1 Kings 2:22 - the kingdom 1 Kings 2:26 - Abiathar 2 Kings 10:3 - Look even Nehemiah 6:7 - a king Daniel 2:4 - O king

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning-the second day.

Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering of waters He called "seas." And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:19
And there was evening, and there was morning-the fourth day.

Genesis 1:20
And God said, "Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky."

Job 26:13
By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

Jeremiah 27:5
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he is gone down this day,.... From Jerusalem, which lay high, to the stone of Zoheleth, in Enrogel, which lay in the valley, 1 Kings 1:9;

and hath slain oxen, and fat cattle, and sheep in abundance; not by way of sacrifice, but for a feast, on account of his coming to the kingdom:

and hath called all the king's sons; invited them to the entertainment:

and the captains of the host; or army; not only Joab, it seems, the general of it, but the captains of thousands and hundreds under him, being desirous of engaging the militia in his favour, and which was not an impolitic step:

and Abiathar the priest; to consult with by Urim and Thummim, and to anoint him, and use his interest with the populace for him, who might be supposed a man of influence, being the high priest of the nation:

and, behold, they eat and drink before him; they were now at it, at this time, they were not only invited, but they accepted the invitation, and came; which is afore than what was before related:

and say, God save King Adonijah; they proclaimed and saluted him as king, and drank his health, and wished him all prosperity; and so the Targum,

"may King Adonijah prosper!''