Overview
1 Kings 1:1, Abishag cherishes David in his extreme age; 1 Kings 1:5, Adonijah, David’s darling, usurps the kingdom; 1 Kings 1:11, By the council of Nathan, 1 Kings 1:15, Bath-sheba moves the king, 1 Kings 1:22, and Nathan seconds her; 1 Kings 1:28, David renews his oath to Bath-sheba; 1 Kings 1:32, Solomon, by David’s appointment, being anointed king by Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph; 1 Kings 1:41, Jonathan bringing the news, Adonijah’s guests fly; 1 Kings 1:50, Adonijah, flying to the horns of the altar, upon his good behaviour, is dismissed by Solomon.

old: David was probably now about sixty-nine years of age. He was thirty years old when he began to reign, reigned forty, and died in his seventieth year; and the transactions mentioned here are supposed to have taken place about a year before his death. Sixty-nine was not an advanced age; but he had been exhausted with various fatigues, and especially family afflictions, so that he was much older in constitution than in years. 2 Samuel 5:4, 1 Chronicles 23:1, 1 Chronicles 29:27, 1 Chronicles 29:28, Psalms 90:10
and stricken in years: Heb. and entered into days, Genesis 18:11, Genesis 24:1, Joshua 23:1, Joshua 23:2, Luke 1:7
Reciprocal: Joshua 13:1 - Joshua Ecclesiastes 4:11 - General

Let there be sought: Heb. Let them seek
a young virgin: Heb. a damsel, a virgin. stand. Deuteronomy 10:8, 1 Samuel 16:21, 1 Samuel 16:22, 2 Chronicles 29:11
cherish him: Heb. be a cherisher unto him
lie: Genesis 16:5, Deuteronomy 13:6, 2 Samuel 12:3, Micah 7:5
get heat: Ecclesiastes 4:11
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:15 - very old 1 Kings 2:17 - Abishag 2 Kings 15:38 - Jotham Esther 2:2 - Let there be

knew her not: Matthew 1:25

And he conferred: Heb. his words were, 2 Samuel 15:12, Psalms 2:2
Joab: 1 Kings 2:28, 2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 20:23
Abiathar: 1 Samuel 22:20-23, 2 Samuel 15:24-29, 2 Samuel 15:35, 2 Samuel 20:25
following Adonijah helped him: Heb. helped after Adonijah, 1 Kings 2:22, 1 Kings 2:26-35
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:33 - to consume 2 Samuel 2:13 - Joab 1 Kings 1:19 - General 1 Kings 2:5 - Joab 1 Chronicles 27:34 - Abiathar Nehemiah 6:7 - a king Mark 2:26 - Abiathar

Adonijah: The Oriental banquet, in consequence of the intense heat, is often spread upon the verdant turf, beneath the shade of a tree, where the streaming rivulet supplies the company with wholesome water, and excites a gentle breeze to cool their burning temples.
slew: 2 Samuel 15:12, Proverbs 15:8
Enrogel: or, the well Rogel, 2 Samuel 17:17
called: 2 Samuel 13:23-27, 2 Samuel 15:11
Reciprocal: Joshua 15:7 - Enrogel Joshua 18:16 - Enrogel 1 Kings 1:25 - slain 2 Chronicles 18:2 - Ahab

I also: 1 Kings 1:17-27, 2 Corinthians 13:1
confirm: Heb. fill up
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:24 - hast thou

very old: 1 Kings 1:2-4

bowed: 1 Kings 1:23, 1 Samuel 20:41, 1 Samuel 24:8, 1 Samuel 25:23
And the: 1 Kings 2:20, Esther 7:2, Matthew 20:21, Matthew 20:32
What wouldest thou: Heb. What to thee
Reciprocal: Genesis 43:28 - made obeisance 1 Kings 1:53 - bowed himself

My lord: Genesis 18:12, 1 Peter 3:6
thou swarest: It is not recorded when or upon what occasion David sware to Bathsheba that Solomon should succeed him; but it is supposed, with some degree of probability, that it took place after Absalom's rebellion; and as God himself had settled the succession, he might very properly give her this assurance. 1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:30
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:14 - I also 1 Kings 1:24 - reign 1 Kings 1:35 - sit 1 Chronicles 14:4 - Solomon

1 Kings 1:7-10, 1 Kings 1:25
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:33 - to consume 2 Samuel 13:23 - invited 1 Kings 1:10 - General 1 Kings 1:26 - General 1 Kings 2:5 - Joab

the eyes: 2 Chronicles 20:12, Psalms 25:15, Psalms 123:2, Zechariah 3:9
that thou: At this time the monarchy of Israel was unsettled; no man knew who was to succeed to the crown; and the minds of the people were as unsettled as the succession. It was neither hereditary nor elective: the king, as was anciently the case in most countries, named his successor; but in this instance, God had already assigned the throne to Solomon. 2 Samuel 23:2, 1 Chronicles 22:8-10, 1 Chronicles 28:5, 1 Chronicles 28:6, 1 Chronicles 28:10, 1 Chronicles 29:1

sleep: 1 Kings 2:10, Genesis 15:15, Deuteronomy 31:16
that I: That is, when Adonijah is established on the throne, I and my son Solomon shall be put to death as state criminals. The history of the world demonstrates, that the lust of dominion has tempted men to commit the most enormous crimes. A father has destroyed his son, a son deposed a father, and a brother murdered a brother, in order to obtain a crown!
offenders: Heb. sinners, 1 Kings 2:15, 1 Kings 2:22-24
Reciprocal: Genesis 43:9 - will be 1 Samuel 10:24 - God save the king 2 Samuel 7:12 - sleep 1 Kings 1:12 - save 1 Kings 11:43 - slept 2 Kings 10:35 - Jehu slept 2 Kings 13:13 - slept 2 Kings 14:16 - Jehoash 1 Chronicles 17:11 - go to be 2 Chronicles 9:31 - slept 2 Chronicles 32:33 - slept 1 Thessalonians 4:13 - which are

he bowed: 1 Kings 1:16, Romans 13:7, 1 Peter 2:17
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 12:25 - Nathan 1 Chronicles 17:1 - Nathan Proverbs 9:8 - rebuke Proverbs 28:23 - General

hast thou: 1 Kings 1:14, 1 Kings 1:18
reign: 1 Kings 1:5, 1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:17
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:27 - and thou 1 Kings 2:22 - the kingdom 2 Kings 10:3 - Look even

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

and thou: 1 Kings 1:24, 2 Kings 4:27, John 15:15
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:18 - thou knowest

Call me: She appears to have gone out when Nathan entered; and he retired when she was readmitted.
into the king's presence: Heb. before the king, 1 Kings 1:28
Reciprocal: Matthew 1:6 - her

Even as I sware: 1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:17

Zadok: 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:26, 1 Kings 1:38
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:43 - Verily 2 Chronicles 9:29 - Nathan Proverbs 9:8 - rebuke Proverbs 28:23 - General

Take: 2 Samuel 20:6
and cause: Maimonides informs us, that it was a capital offence for any one to ride on the king's mule, to sit on his throne, or to handle his sceptre, without permission; and as David ordered Solomon to ride on his own mule, etc., it was ample evidence that he had appointed him his successor.
to ride: 1 Kings 1:5, 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Kings 1:44, Genesis 41:43, Esther 6:6-11
mine own mule: Heb. the mule which belongeth to me, Leviticus 19:19
Gihon: 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Kings 1:45, 2 Chronicles 32:30
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 13:29 - mule 2 Samuel 15:1 - Absalom 1 Kings 10:25 - and mules 1 Chronicles 23:1 - he made 2 Chronicles 33:14 - Gihon Esther 6:8 - the horse Esther 6:9 - proclaim Matthew 21:5 - sitting John 12:15 - sitting

an horn: 1 Samuel 16:13
out: Exodus 30:23-33, Psalms 89:20
anointed: 1 Chronicles 29:22
all the people: 1 Kings 1:25, 1 Samuel 10:24, 2 Kings 11:12, 2 Chronicles 23:11, 2 Chronicles 23:13
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:1 - box of oil 2 Kings 9:13 - blew with trumpets 2 Kings 11:14 - all the people Psalms 45:7 - hath Psalms 72:1 - Give

pipes: or, flutes, Daniel 3:5
rejoiced: 1 Samuel 11:15, 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Kings 11:20, 1 Chronicles 12:38-40, Psalms 97:1, Zechariah 9:9, Luke 19:37, Revelation 11:15-18
the earth rent: We use a similar expression in precisely the same sense: "They rent the air with their cries.
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:45 - the city 1 Chronicles 12:40 - there was joy 2 Chronicles 23:13 - all the people Ezra 3:13 - and the noise Psalms 45:7 - hath Ecclesiastes 4:16 - no end Matthew 11:17 - piped

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Reciprocal: Genesis 36:24 - found 1 Samuel 30:14 - the Cherethites 2 Samuel 8:18 - Benaiah 2 Samuel 20:7 - General 1 Kings 1:33 - to ride 1 Chronicles 6:8 - Zadok 1 Chronicles 17:1 - Nathan 1 Chronicles 18:17 - Benaiah

Gihon: This was a fountain on the west of Jerusalem - consequently in an opposite direction to En-rogel on the east, where Adonijah was proclaimed king of which there were two pools, an upper and a lower - 2 Chronicles 32:30. There is a large square cistern in the ravine west of the city, mentioned by Dr. Richardson as a little to the south of the Jaffa gate, which Dr. Pococke describes as a basin about 250 paces long and 100 broad. It is commonly called the pool of Bathsheba, but seems to be the lower pool of Gihon. "Nearly a mile to the nnw is the pool of Gihon, which I suppose to be the upper pool. It is a very large basin, and, if I mistake not, is cut down about ten feet into the rock, there being a way down to it by steps. It was almost dry at that time, and seems designed to receive the rain waters which come from the hills about it. There is a canal from the pool to the city, which is uncovered part of the way, and, it is said, goes to the pool in the streets near the holy sepulchre. The fountain of Gihon arose either in the upper pool, or out of the high ground above it." - Travels, book i. chapter 6.
the city: 1 Kings 1:40, 1 Samuel 4:5, Ezra 3:13
This is: 1 Kings 14:6, 1 Samuel 28:14, Daniel 5:26-28
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:35 - I will raise 1 Kings 1:33 - Gihon 2 Chronicles 33:14 - Gihon

caught: 1 Kings 2:28, Exodus 21:14, Exodus 38:2, Psalms 118:27
Reciprocal: Exodus 27:2 - horns of it upon the four corners thereof 1 Kings 2:13 - Adonijah 1 Chronicles 29:24 - all the sons Ecclesiastes 8:3 - stand

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:14 - take him