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1 Kings 1:12
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Concordances:
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- CondensedContextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
let me: Proverbs 11:14, Proverbs 20:18, Proverbs 27:9, Jeremiah 38:15
save: 1 Kings 1:21, Genesis 19:17, Acts 27:31
the life: Judges 9:5, 2 Kings 11:1, 2 Chronicles 21:4, 2 Chronicles 22:10, Matthew 21:38
Cross-References
God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.
God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.
And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.
God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.
And God called the drie lande ye earth, and the gatheryng together of waters called he the seas: and God sawe that it was good.
God named the dry land "earth," and he named the water that was gathered together "seas." And God saw that this was good.
God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
And God clepide the drie place, erthe; and he clepide the gadryngis togidere of watris, the sees. And God seiy that it was good;
And God called the drie land, Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called hee, Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel,.... How to conduct in this affair, which she being a woman, and no doubt surprised and confounded at this relation, might be at a loss what to do; wherefore Nathan, being a wise man, and a faithful friend, offers to give the best advice he could, and desires her attention to it: says he,
that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon; which would be the usurper's first care to take away, that he might have no rival, and none to disturb him in his government; which step has been often taken by usurpers to secure themselves, see Judges 9:5.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
It would have been in accordance with general Eastern custom for Solomon to suffer death, if Adonijah had succeeded in his attempt. But to have executed his mother also would have been an unusual severity. Still, such cases sometimes occurred: Cassander put to death Roxana, the widow of Alexander the Great, at the same time with her son, the young Alexander.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Kings 1:12. Save thine own life, and the life of thy son — Nathan took for granted that Adonijah would put both Bath-sheba and Solomon to death as state criminals, if he got established on the throne. O cursed lust of rule! a father will destroy his son, a son depose his father, and a brother murder a brother, in order to obtain a crown! At this time the monarchy of Israel was unsettled; no man knew who was to succeed to the crown, and the minds of the people were as unsettled as the succession. I have examined both systems, and find that, with all its alleged disadvantages, hereditary monarchy has a high balance of evidence in its favour beyond that which is elective, and is every way more safe for the state and more secure for the subject.