the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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1 Kings 2:15
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Thou knowest: 1 Kings 1:5, 1 Kings 1:25, 2 Samuel 15:6, 2 Samuel 15:13, 2 Samuel 16:18
for it was: 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 12:24, 1 Chronicles 22:9, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 1 Chronicles 28:5-7, Proverbs 21:30, Jeremiah 27:5-8, Daniel 2:22
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:21 - offenders 1 Kings 1:35 - I have 2 Kings 9:17 - Is it peace 1 Chronicles 14:4 - Solomon
Cross-References
And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing, so he rested from all his work.
By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested (ceased) on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.
And God fillide in the seuenthe dai his werk which he made; and he restide in the seuenthe dai fro al his werk which he hadde maad;
and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he said, thou knowest that the kingdom was mine,.... Belonged to him by virtue of his birthright; he was heir to it, being the eldest son:
and [that] all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign; which was not true; for, as Bathsheba says, the body of the people were in suspense, their eyes being on David, waiting to hear whom he would declare his successor; and when Solomon was declared and anointed, vast numbers attended him; unless Adonijah thought that the high priest, and general of the army, with the captains, represented the whole people; however this he observes by way of preface, to show how unhappy he was, being disappointed, and to move the compassion of Bathsheba, that she might be the more easily prevailed upon to seek to obtain so small a favour as he was about to ask:
howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's; things had taken another turn, and what was his, and he thought himself sure of the other day, was now become his brother's; such were the uncertainty and vicissitude of human affairs:
for it was his from the Lord; by the appointment of the Lord, by a promise of his, and a prophecy concerning it; which if he knew of, it was both vain and sinful in him to act contrary thereunto; or it was brought about by the overruling providence of God, which he now plainly saw and submitted to; this he said to show that he had laid aside all hopes of the kingdom, and was fully satisfied of the disposition of it in Providence, and so to hide his real design in the petition he was about to make.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Kings 2:15. Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine — It certainly was his by the right of primogeniture, and it was his by the voice of the people, and the consent of the high priest. But there was a right paramount to all these, the right of God; it was his kingdom; the kings were his lieutenants, and he had a right to give the crown to whomsoever he pleased, and he was pleased to give it to Solomon.