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and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/1_kings/1.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/1_kings/1.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/1_kings/1.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/1_kings/1.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/1_kings/1.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/1_kings/1.htm" title="Darby's Bible Synopsis">Darby</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/1.htm" title="Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers">Ellicott</a> • <a href="/commentaries/expositors/1_kings/1.htm" title="Expositor's Bible">Expositor's</a> • <a href="/commentaries/edt/1_kings/1.htm" title="Expositor's Dictionary">Exp Dct</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gaebelein/1_kings/1.htm" title="Gaebelein's Annotated Bible">Gaebelein</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gsb/1_kings/1.htm" title="Geneva Study Bible">GSB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gill/1_kings/1.htm" title="Gill's Bible Exposition">Gill</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gray/1_kings/1.htm" title="Gray's Concise">Gray</a> • <a href="/commentaries/guzik/1_kings/1.htm" title="Guzik Bible Commentary">Guzik</a> • <a href="/commentaries/haydock/1_kings/1.htm" title="Haydock Catholic Bible Commentary">Haydock</a> • <a href="/commentaries/hastings/1_kings/6-7.htm" title="Hastings Great Texts">Hastings</a> • <a href="/commentaries/homiletics/1_kings/1.htm" title="Pulpit Homiletics">Homiletics</a> • <a href="/commentaries/jfb/1_kings/1.htm" title="Jamieson-Fausset-Brown">JFB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/kad/1_kings/1.htm" title="Keil and Delitzsch OT">KD</a> • <a href="/commentaries/king-en/1_kings/1.htm" title="Kingcomments Bible Studies">King</a> • <a href="/commentaries/lange/1_kings/1.htm" title="Lange Commentary">Lange</a> • <a href="/commentaries/maclaren/1_kings/1.htm" title="MacLaren Expositions">MacLaren</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhc/1_kings/1.htm" title="Matthew Henry Concise">MHC</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhcw/1_kings/1.htm" title="Matthew Henry Full">MHCW</a> • <a href="/commentaries/parker/1_kings/1.htm" title="The People's Bible by Joseph Parker">Parker</a> • <a href="/commentaries/poole/1_kings/1.htm" title="Matthew Poole">Poole</a> • <a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/1.htm" title="Pulpit Commentary">Pulpit</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sermon/1_kings/1.htm" title="Sermon Bible">Sermon</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sco/1_kings/1.htm" title="Scofield Reference Notes">SCO</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ttb/1_kings/1.htm" title="Through The Bible">TTB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/wes/1_kings/1.htm" title="Wesley's Notes">WES</a> • <a href="#tsk" title="Treasury of Scripture Knowledge">TSK</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="comtype">EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">God save king Adonijah.</span>—Literally (as in <a href="/1_samuel/10-24.htm" title="And Samuel said to all the people, See you him whom the LORD has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.">1Samuel 10:24</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/16-16.htm" title="And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.">2Samuel 16:16</a>, &c.). “May the king live;” like the “Let the king live for ever” of <a href="/1_kings/1-31.htm" title="Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.">1Kings 1:31</a>, and of <a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm" title="And said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchers, lies waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?">Nehemiah 2:3</a>; <a href="/daniel/2-4.htm" title="Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.">Daniel 2:4</a>; <a href="/daniel/3-9.htm" title="They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.">Daniel 3:9</a>, &c.<p><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/1_kings/1.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>1:11-31 Observe Nathan's address to Bathsheba. Let me give thee counsel how to save thy own life, and the life of thy son. Such as this is the counsel Christ's ministers give us in his name, to give all diligence, not only that no man take our crown, Re 3:11, but that we save our lives, even the lives of our souls. David made a solemn declaration of his firm cleaving to his former resolution, that Solomon should be his successor. Even the recollection of the distresses from which the Lord redeemed him, increased his comfort, inspired his hopes, and animated him to his duty, under the decays of nature and the approach of death.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/1_kings/1.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>Hast thou said - Thou hast said. In the original no question is asked. Nathan assumes, as far as words go, that the king has made this declaration. He wishes to draw forth a disclaimer. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/1_kings/1.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>21. I and my son … shall be counted offenders—that is, slain, according to the barbarous usage of the East towards all who are rivals to the throne.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/1_kings/1.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> No text from Poole on this verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/1_kings/1.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>For he is gone down this day,.... From Jerusalem, which lay high, to the stone of Zoheleth, in Enrogel, which lay in the valley, <a href="/1_kings/1-9.htm">1 Kings 1:9</a>; <p>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: <p>and hath called all the king's sons; invited them to the entertainment: <p>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: <p>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: <p>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: <p>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, <p>"may King Adonijah prosper!'' <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/1_kings/1.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/1_kings/1.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">25</span>. <span class="ital">For he is gone down</span>] The site of the fountain, near which Adonijah’s banquet was made, was in the valley below Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">God save king Adonijah</span>] The Heb. is ‘Let king Adonijah live’ i.e. live long and happily; and similarly in all cases where A. V. has ‘God save, &c.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For</span> [proof that the king must have decreed that Adonijah should succeed him. There appears to be an undertone of reproof in these words. Nathan assumes that Adonijah cannot have done all this without David's knowledge and sanction, because "his father had not displeased him at any time" (ver. 6). This uprising was the result of David's over indulgence and. want of firmness] <span class="cmt_word">he is gone down this</span> <span class="cmt_word">day, and hath slain</span> [see on ver. 9] <span class="cmt_word">oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host</span> [Joab was the captain (ver. 19). The plural shows that other high officers had followed his lead. "Under the captains of the host (ver. 25), the servants of the king (ver. 10) are included" (Bahr). Bahr's accidental miscitation (ver. 10 for ver. 9) has apparently led his American translator (p. 24) to the serious mistake of identifying these "captains of the host" with "the mighty men" (Gibborim) of ver. 10, who, it is distinctly said, "were not with Adonijah] <span class="cmt_word">and Abtathar the priest, and behold, they eat and drink before him</span> [<span class="accented">convivia apta conjurationibus.</span> Grotius] <span class="cmt_word">and say, God save king Adonijah.</span> [Hebrews "let the king (not "king," as marg.) Adonijah live," or better, "live the king," etc. (comp. the <span class="accented">vivat rex</span>, and the <span class="accented">vives</span> and <span class="accented">vivas</span> of later days.) This was the customary acclamation wherewith the Jews greeted their kings (cf. ver. 39; <a href="/1_samuel/10-24.htm">1 Samuel 10:24</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/16-16.htm">2 Samuel 16:16</a>: <a href="/2_kings/11-12.htm">2 Kings 11:12</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/23-11.htm">2 Chronicles 23:11</a>). 1 Kings 1:25<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/1_kings/1.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>While Bathsheba was still speaking, Nathan came. When he was announced to the king, Bathsheba retired, just as afterwards Nathan went away when the king had Bathsheba called in again (cf. <a href="/1_kings/1-28.htm">1 Kings 1:28</a> with <a href="/1_kings/1-32.htm">1 Kings 1:32</a>). This was done, not to avoid the appearance of a mutual arrangement (Cler., Then., etc.), but for reasons of propriety, inasmuch as, in audiences granted by the king to his wife or one of his counsellors, no third person ought to be present unless the king required his attendance. Nathan confirmed Bathsheba's statement, commencing thus: "My lord king, thou hast really said, Adonijah shall be king after me...? for he has gone down to-day, and has prepared a feast, ... and they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, Long live king Adonijah!" And he then closed by asking, "Has this taken place on the part of my lord the king, and thou hast not shown thy servants (Nathan, Zadok, Benaiah, and Solomon) who is to sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him?" 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