And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
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Gill's Exposition
Then King Solomon sware by the Lord,.... To prevent his mother pressing him to have her petition granted:
saying, God do so to me, and more also; lay such and such evils upon me, and more than I…
Barnes' Notes
Ask for him the kingdom also - Bath-sheba had not seen anything dangerous or suspicious in Adonijah’s request. Solomon, on the contrary, takes alarm at once. To ask for Abishag was to ask for the…
Here is, I. Solomon's accession to the throne, Kg1 2:12. He came to it much more easily and peaceably than David did, and much sooner saw his government established. It is happy for a kingdom when the…
Cambridge Bible
and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah These two having aided Adonijah in his attempt on the throne, would naturally have been his chief ministers and advisers had he succeeded.…
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