but he didn’t call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.
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but he didn’t call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.
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But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
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but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
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- 2 Samuel 12:24 David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;
- 2 Samuel 12:1-15 Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had very many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was like a daughter to him. A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to prepare for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man’s lamb, and prepared it for the man who had come to him.” David’s anger burned hot against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this deserves to die! He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!” Nathan said to David, “You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. I gave you your master’s house, and your master’s wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things. Why have you despised Yahweh’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken Uriah the Hittite’s wife to be your wife.’ “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. For you did this secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.’ ” David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die. However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you will surely die.” Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
- 1 Kings 1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
- 1 Kings 1:19 He has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn’t called Solomon your servant.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain As the Cherethites and Pelethites.
As the Cherethites and Pelethites.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 1:10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and…
1Ki 1:10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
Ver. 10. But Nathan the prophet.] These were no whit the worse men for being thus neglected. The wise historian observed, that the statues of Brutus and Cassius {a} were the more glorious and illustrious, because they were not brought out with other images in a solemn procession at the funeral of Germanicus. Cato said he had rather men should question why he had no statue or monument erected to him, than why he had.
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{a} Tacit.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Because he knew they favoured Solomon his competitor.
Because he knew they favoured Solomon his competitor.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty…
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. Did not invite them to this feast; not Nathan, who he might know had prophesied of Solomon's succession in the throne, and therefore it could not be thought he would be drawn over to him; nor "Benaiah and the mighty men"; David's bodyguards, over whom this officer was; and still less Solomon, his competitor and rival.
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. Did not invite them to this feast; not Nathan, who he might know had prophesied of Solomon's succession in the throne, and therefore it could not be thought he would be drawn over to him; nor "Benaiah and the mighty men"; David's bodyguards, over whom this officer was; and still less Solomon, his competitor and rival.
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kg1 1:11Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon,.... Who not only had an interest in the king, being his wife, and an easy access to him, but had a special concern in this affair, as it affected her son, to whom the succession of the kingdom was designed and promised:
saying, hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign? has usurped the throne, and is proclaimed king by a party, who at least have drank his health as such; has taken the title, and is about to exercise the power of a king; this Bathsheba might not have heard of, and which he expresses in this manner to quicken her to make an immediate application to the king:
and David our Lord knoweth it not; being so infirm, and in his bed, and nobody about him to inform him of it; it was done without his knowledge, and far from being with his consent and approbation.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Called not - Because he knew they favoured Solomon…
Called not - Because he knew they favoured Solomon his competitor.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Not. Out of contempt, (Calmet) and because he knew…
Not. Out of contempt, (Calmet) and because he knew that they would oppose his measures. (Haydock)\
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. He called not — For he well knew…
10. He called not — For he well knew that they would not favour his plans, but would rather oppose and thwart them with a power not easy to resist.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. Solomon his brother] Doubtless Adonijah was well acquainted…
10. Solomon his brother] Doubtless Adonijah was well acquainted with David’s intention that Solomon should be his successor. But in those early times in most countries but especially in the East the right of hereditary succession was not thought of, the reigning monarch selecting for his successor that member of his family who was most in favour or who seemed most fit to rule. Moreover, in this case, Solomon was not the son of the first wife.
called] i.e. invited to be present at the feast which he was about to make.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty…
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. It is clear from this verse that Adonijah perfectly understood that he had in Solomon a rival. The intentions and promises (ver. 13) of his father can hardly have been unknown to him. The name "Jedidiah, too, bestowed upon Solomon by Nathan, (2Sa_12:25) taken in connexion with the prophecy of Nathan (ibid. 1Ki_7:12; cf., 1Ch_22:9, 1Ch_22:10) must have proved to him that Solomon was marked out for David"s successor. He seems to have been well aware also who were Solomon"s supporters. To some of them he may have made indirect overtures.
The historian having recorded Adonijah"s preparations for a coup d"etat, now relates the manner in which the plot was frustrated. The prophet, who had been the guardian and preceptor of Solomon"s youth, and who knew the Divine will respecting the succession, (1Ch_22:9, 1Ch_22:10) takes prompt and energetic measures to defeat the conspiracy. And the speech Heb. thing; same word as below pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing, Though in a dream the judgment and will were not suspended. Our dreams accord with our waking thoughts. This would have been Solomon"s choice at any time.
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