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And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now king David was old <i>and</i> stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now King David was old, advanced in years; and they put covers on him, but he could not get warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with garments, but he could not keep warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now King David was old, advanced in years; they covered him with clothes, but he could not get warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now King David was old and advanced in age. Although they covered him with bedclothes, he could not get warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now King David was old and getting on in years. Although they covered him with bedclothes, he could not get warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />King David was now an old man, and he always felt cold, even under a lot of blankets. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />King David had grown old, and although he was covered with blankets, he couldn't get warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />King David was now a very old man, and although his servants covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When David had grown very old, they covered him with blankets, but he could not keep warm, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />King David was very old; even when they covered him with blankets, he could not get warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now king David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn't keep warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now king David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now King David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And King David [is] old, entering into days, and they cover him with garments, and he has no heat,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And king David is old, entering into days, and they cover him with garments, and he hath no heat,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And king David was old, going in days; and they will cover him with garments, and he will not be warm.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Now king David was old, and advanced in years: and when he was covered with clothes, he was not warm. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now king David had become elderly, and he had many days in his lifetime. And though he was covered with clothes, he was not warmed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When King David was old and advanced in years, though they covered him with blankets he could not get warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />King David was old and advanced in years; and although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />NOW King David was old and well advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not get warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And King David, he was old, and had entered into years, and they were covering him with clothing and he did not feel warm .<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now King David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he could get no heat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And king David <i>was</i> old and advanced in days, and they covered him with clothes, and he was not warmed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/1-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/1.htm">Abishag Cares for David</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: wə·ham·me·leḵ (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">Now King</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David</a> <a href="/hebrew/2204.htm" title="2204: zā·qên (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To be or become old. A primitive root; to be old.">was old</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and well along</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yā·mîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">in years,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3680.htm" title="3680: way·ḵas·su·hū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3ms) -- To cover. A primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. Fill up hollows; by implication, to cover.">and though they covered him</a> <a href="/hebrew/899.htm" title="899: bab·bə·ḡā·ḏîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage. From bagad; a covering, i.e. Clothing; also treachery or pillage.">with blankets,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">he could not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2552.htm" title="2552: yi·ḥam (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be or become warm. A primitive root; to be hot.">keep warm.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-4.htm">2 Samuel 5:4</a></span><br />David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-1.htm">1 Chronicles 23:1</a></span><br />When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-28.htm">1 Chronicles 29:28</a></span><br />He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/11-1.htm">2 Samuel 11:1</a></span><br />In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/13-39.htm">2 Samuel 13:39</a></span><br />And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/19-9.htm">2 Samuel 19:9-10</a></span><br />And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom. / But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/21-15.htm">2 Samuel 21:15-17</a></span><br />Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines. But David became exhausted. / Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David. / But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-10.htm">1 Kings 2:10-11</a></span><br />Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. / The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-26.htm">1 Chronicles 29:26-27</a></span><br />David son of Jesse was king over all Israel. / The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/3-39.htm">2 Samuel 3:39</a></span><br />And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/15-3.htm">2 Samuel 15:3-4</a></span><br />Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.” / And he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/16-21.htm">2 Samuel 16:21-22</a></span><br />Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.” / So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/17-1.htm">2 Samuel 17:1-2</a></span><br />Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. / I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/19-32.htm">2 Samuel 19:32-35</a></span><br />Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim. / The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.” / But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/23-1.htm">2 Samuel 23:1</a></span><br />These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/5-4.htm">2 Samuel 5:4</a></b></br> David <i>was</i> thirty years old when he began to reign, <i>and</i> he reigned forty years.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/23-1.htm">1 Chronicles 23:1</a></b></br> So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/29-27.htm">1 Chronicles 29:27,28</a></b></br> And the time that he reigned over Israel <i>was</i> forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three <i>years</i> reigned he in Jerusalem… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/18-11.htm">Genesis 18:11</a></b></br> Now Abraham and Sarah <i>were</i> old <i>and</i> well stricken in age; <i>and</i> it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/24-1.htm">Genesis 24:1</a></b></br> And Abraham was old, <i>and</i> well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/23-1.htm">Joshua 23:1,2</a></b></br> And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old <i>and</i> stricken in age… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/10-13.htm">Advanced</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-11.htm">Age</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-21.htm">Although</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-10.htm">Body</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-24.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/genesis/31-40.htm">Cold</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-14.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-5.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-12.htm">Covers</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-25.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-17.htm">Entering</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-15.htm">Far</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-31.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-3.htm">Gat</a> <a href="/2_samuel/4-5.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/joshua/19-9.htm">Obtained</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-12.htm">Stricken</a> <a href="/joshua/9-12.htm">Warm</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-11.htm">Warmth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/20-21.htm">Advanced</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-31.htm">Age</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-18.htm">Although</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-10.htm">Body</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-27.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/job/24-7.htm">Cold</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-18.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-3.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/job/9-24.htm">Covers</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-8.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-31.htm">Entering</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-12.htm">Far</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-25.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/psalms/44-3.htm">Gat</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-2.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-6.htm">Obtained</a> <a href="/job/34-26.htm">Stricken</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-2.htm">Warm</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-11.htm">Warmth</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-1.htm">Abishag cherishes David in his extreme age</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-5.htm">Adonijah, David's darling, usurps the kingdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-11.htm">By the council of Nathan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-15.htm">Bathsheba moves the king</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-22.htm">And Nathan seconds her</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-28.htm">David renews his oath to Bathsheba</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-32.htm">Solomon, by David's appointment, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-38.htm">being anointed king by Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-41.htm">Jonathan bringing the news, Adonijah's guests fly</a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-50.htm">Adonijah, flying to the horns of the altar, is dismissed by Solomon</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His reign has been marked by significant achievements, including the unification of Israel and Judah and the establishment of Jerusalem as the capital. David's age signifies a transition period for Israel, as leadership will soon pass to the next generation. This phrase sets the stage for the events that follow, highlighting the need for a successor. David's age is also a reminder of the human condition and the inevitability of aging, even for a man after God's own heart (<a href="/1_samuel/13-14.htm">1 Samuel 13:14</a>).<p><b>and though they covered him with blankets</b><br>The mention of blankets indicates an attempt to provide physical comfort to the aging king. In ancient Near Eastern culture, the use of blankets or garments was a common method to provide warmth. This detail underscores David's frailty and vulnerability, contrasting with his earlier years of strength and vigor. It also reflects the care and concern of those around him, possibly his servants or family, who are attending to his needs.<p><b>he could not keep warm</b><br>David's inability to stay warm despite being covered with blankets suggests a decline in his health, possibly due to poor circulation or other age-related issues. This physical weakness is symbolic of the waning of his earthly power and influence. It foreshadows the political maneuvering and struggles for succession that will soon unfold, as seen in the subsequent chapters. The imagery of David's coldness can also be seen as a metaphor for the spiritual and moral challenges that Israel will face in the absence of strong leadership.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_david.htm">King David</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, David is the second king of Israel, known for his heart for God, his military conquests, and his role in establishing Jerusalem as the nation's capital. At this point in the account, he is elderly and frail.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>While not mentioned directly in this verse, Jerusalem is the city where David reigned and where these events are taking place. It is significant as the political and spiritual center of Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/david's_servants.htm">David's Servants</a></b><br>Though not named in this verse, David's servants play a role in attempting to care for him by covering him with blankets to keep him warm.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_aging.htm">The Reality of Aging</a></b><br>Aging is a natural part of life, even for those who are greatly used by God. David's frailty reminds us of the temporal nature of our earthly bodies.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>As physical strength diminishes, our dependence on God should increase. David's life exemplifies a reliance on God throughout all stages of life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_transition.htm">Leadership Transition</a></b><br>The transition of leadership is inevitable. This verse sets the stage for the transition from David to Solomon, reminding us of the importance of preparing the next generation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/care_for_the_elderly.htm">Care for the Elderly</a></b><br>The efforts of David's servants to keep him warm highlight the importance of caring for the elderly and vulnerable in our communities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_david's_old_age_account_credible.htm">How credible is the account of David’s old age and his inability to stay warm in 1 Kings 1:1–4, given the practice of using a young attendant for warmth? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_solomon_execute_adonijah.htm">Why did Solomon execute Adonijah for requesting Abishag?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_cared_for_old_king_david.htm">Who cared for King David in his old age?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_abishag_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Abishag in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) <span class= "bld">Now king David</span>.--"Now" is the simple illative conjunction "and," found at the beginning of all the historical books (Exodus, Numbers, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, &c.). It marks the general conception of the unity of the whole history, but implies nothing of special connection of time or authorship with the books of Samuel. In fact, although these books are in some sense the continuation of the former, yet the narrative is hardly continuous. The history passes at once to the closing scene of David's life, leaving a comparative blank in the period succeeding the restoration after the defeat of Absalom--a blank which is partly filled up in the later books (1 Chronicles 22-29).<p><span class= "bld">Stricken in years</span>--about seventy years old. Since "clothes" mean "bed-clothes," the meaning is that the King was now too feeble to rise from his bed. His life began its responsibilities early; it had been hard and trying; and, as the history shows, not wholly free from self-indulgence. Hence, at no excessive age, its complete decrepitude.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Now</span> [Hebrews <span class="accented">and</span>, but "now" more nearly expresses the import of the original, for <span class="hebrew">ו</span> has here little or no connecting force. It is commonly found at the beginning of a book (as in Exodus, Leviticus, Joshua, Judges, 2 Samuel, Ruth, etc.), and that where there is no connection whatever with any earlier writing (as in Esther, Ezekiel, Jonah, etc.) It can hardly imply, therefore, "that the historian regards his work as a continuation of a preceding history" (Rawlinson), nor is there any need to suppose that it has been taken from a writing containing the earlier history of David." Keil] <span class="cmt_word">King</span> [Hebrews the king. The frequent use of this title, "King David," "King Solomon," "King Asa," etc., is characteristic of our author. The expression is not unknown in 2 Samuel, but it occurs so rarely as to constitute a distinction (not a link, as Wordsworth) between that book and the Kings.] <span class="cmt_word">David was old</span> [yet <a href="/2_samuel/5-4.htm">2 Samuel 5:4, 5</a>, shows that he cannot have been more than seventy. (He was thirty at his accession; his reign at Hebron lasted seven years and a half; at Jerusalem thirty-three years.) Rawlinson says, "the Jews at this time were not long lived." Certainly, the Jewish <span class="accented">kings</span> were not. Only David, Solomon, and Manasses exceeded threescore] <span class="cmt_word">and stricken</span> [Hebrews <span class="accented">gone, i.e.</span>, advanced] <span class="cmt_word">in years.</span> [A common expression, only found with <span class="hebrew">זָקֵן</span>as in <a href="/genesis/18-11.htm">Genesis 18:11</a>; <a href="/genesis/24-1.htm">Genesis 24:1</a>; <a href="/joshua/13-1.htm">Joshua 13:1</a>, etc.] <span class="cmt_word">And they covered him with clothes</span> [lit. <span class="accented">coverings.</span> <span class="hebrew">בֶּגֶד</span> is used of <span class="accented">any</span> covering, whether of the person (<a href="/genesis/39-12.htm">Genesis 39:12</a>; <a href="/1_kings/22-10.htm">1 Kings 22:10</a>), or the bed (<a href="/1_samuel/19-13.htm">1 Samuel 19:13</a>), or even a table (<a href="/numbers/4-6.htm">Numbers 4:6</a>). Indeed, the outer garment was used, at least by the poor, for a covering at night (<a href="/exodus/22-27.htm">Exodus 22:27</a>). The context (ver. 47) shows that <span class="accented">bed</span>clothes are intended here] <span class="cmt_word">but he gat no heat.</span> [A common experience of the aged. David's early hardships and later sorrows and anxieties appear to have aged him prematurely. Possibly he was also afflicted with disease.] <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/1-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now King</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַמֶּ֤לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ham·me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">David</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִד֙</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was old</span><br /><span class="heb">זָקֵ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(zā·qên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2204.htm">Strong's 2204: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become old</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and advanced</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(bā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in years,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיָּמִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and though they covered him</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְכַסֻּ֙הוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḵas·su·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3680.htm">Strong's 3680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To plump, fill up hollows, to cover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with blankets,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּבְּגָדִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(bab·bə·ḡā·ḏîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_899.htm">Strong's 899: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he could not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">get warm.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִחַ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(yi·ḥam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3179.htm">Strong's 3179: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be hot, to conceive</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/1-1.htm">1 Kings 1:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/1-1.htm">1 Kings 1:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/1-1.htm">1 Kings 1:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/1-1.htm">1 Kings 1:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/1-1.htm">1 Kings 1:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/1-1.htm">1 Kings 1:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/1-1.htm">1 Kings 1:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/1-1.htm">1 Kings 1:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/1-1.htm">1 Kings 1:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/1-1.htm">1 Kings 1:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/1-1.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 1:1 Now king David was old and stricken (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/24-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 24:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 24:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/1-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 1:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 1:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>