1 Kings 1:48

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁴¹Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the trumpet. "Why is the city in such a loud uproar?" asked Joab. ⁴²As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. "Come in," said Adonijah, "for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news." ⁴³"Not at all," Jonathan replied. "Our lord King David has made Solomon king. ⁴⁴And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king's mule. ⁴⁵Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear. ⁴⁶Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne. ⁴⁷The king's servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.' And the king has bowed in worship on his bed, ⁴⁸saying, 'May the LORD God of Israel be praised! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.'"⁴⁹At this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered. ⁵⁰But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.

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Blessed: Genesis 14:20, 1 Chronicles 29:10, 1 Chronicles 29:20, Nehemiah 9:5, Psalms 34:1, Psalms 41:13, Psalms 72:17-19, Psalms 103:1, Psalms 103:2, Psalms 145:2, Daniel 4:34, Luke 1:46, Luke 1:47, Luke 1:68, Luke 1:69, Ephesians 1:3, 1 Peter 1:3

which: 1 Kings 3:6, 1 Chronicles 17:11-14, 1 Chronicles 17:17, Psalms 132:11, Psalms 132:12, Proverbs 17:6

mine eyes: 2 Samuel 24:3, Psalms 128:5, Psalms 128:6

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:13 - sit 1 Kings 5:7 - which hath Proverbs 13:19 - The desire Proverbs 15:20 - wise Proverbs 23:24 - father

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And also thus said the king,.... Being in a proper posture for an address to God:

blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, which hath given [one] to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes seeing [it]; he ascribes this whole affair to God, and his kind providence, though all things were done according to his own orders; and gives thanks to him, who had directed him to take such steps as these were, and that the business was finished without any obstruction, and to the great joy and satisfaction of the people; and that there was such a prospect of Solomon's having a happy and peaceable reign.