1 Kings 2:21-25
Let Abishag 2Sam 16:21-22 why dost Matt 20:22; Mark 10:38; Jas 4:3 the kingdom 1Kgs 1:5-7, 1Kgs 1:11, 1Kgs 1:24-25 God 1Kgs 20:10; Ruth 1:17; 1Sam 14:44; 2Sam 3:9, 2Sam 3:35, 2Sam 19:13; 2Kgs 6:31 if Adonijah We have already seen, that the whole harem of an eastern monarch was a part of the regal succession (see note on 2Sam 16:23); and it was treason for a subject to claim any wife or virgin who had once formed a part of it. Solomon evidently considered the request of Adonijah in this light; and was convinced that he was still aiming to seize the crown, to which he considered this as one step. But it is very doubtful, how far the plea either of policy or state necessity can justify Solomon in thus embruing his hands in his brother's blood, whatever might have been his treasonable intentions or conduct. spoken Ps 64:8, Ps 140:9; Prov 18:6-7; Eccl 10:12; Luke 19:22 as the Lord 1Kgs 1:29 set me 1Kgs 3:6-7, 1Kgs 10:9; 1Chr 29:23; 2Chr 1:8-9 made me Exod 1:21; 1Sam 25:28; 2Sam 7:11-13, 2Sam 7:27; 1Chr 17:10, 1Chr 17:17, 1Chr 17:23; Ps 127:1 as he promised 1Chr 22:10 put 1Kgs 1:52; Eccl 8:11-13 he fell 1Kgs 2:31, 1Kgs 2:34, 1Kgs 2:46; Judg 8:20-21; 1Sam 15:33; 2Sam 1:15, 2Sam 4:12
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