David numbereth the people. Before CHRIST cir. 1018. h chap. 9,2 i ch. 31, 26. brun. 11, 22. ch. 12, A 1 Kings 15, Mat. 1, 6. 1017. a ch. 21, 1. That the Lord, Gen. 15,5 Ca. 1. 10. Acts 4, 28. CHAPTER I. 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. David, tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to number the people. AND again the anger of the LORD was kindled 2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, "Go now through all the tribes of 1 Kings 22, Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye 1.21.1. the people, that I may know the number of the people. 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy Josh. 3, God add unto the people, how inany soever they be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? 14. lab. 2, 4. di Exod. 17. 1, Acts 5, 23. The three days' pestilence. thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before Before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? Now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD, (for his Heb. 12, mercies are great,) and let me not fall into the hand of man. 3, 3. 15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel, from I the morning even to the time appointed and there died of the people, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, seventy thousand men. p Prov 12, Zech. 1, 5. 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon 17 And David spake unto the LORD, when he saw 5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in f Num. 52, 1, 3. 47 Judg. 18, 29. 23 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and Josh. 13, they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the sheba. 2 Chron. 20, 12. Psalm 46, 1. ¥1 Chr 21, 18. 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the 22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; behold, here be oxen for burnt-sacrifice, and thresh- a Deut. 25, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousanding-instruments and other instruments of the oxen for men. 10 And David's heart 'smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, Prov. 28, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, John 1, 2. I beseech thee, O LORD, 'take away the iniquity of ch. 12, 13. thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. Micah 7. 8. 11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet" Gad, Da-3 vid's seer, saying, 12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, thep that I may do it unto thee. chap. 21, 1. the present, the fourth, 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said anil three unto him, || Shall seven years of famine come unto ¶ The FIRST Book of the KINGS, commonly called CHAPTER I. Solomon, by David's appointment, is anointed king. Judg. f. 21 verse 14. 1 Sam. 5, king David was old and stricken in years may get heat. P 90, 10. Not and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there to Gen. 20,& be sought for my lord the king a young virgin; and let 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Isract, and found Abishag a Chunammite, and brought her to the king. 4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the 3. e Eccl. 4,11. f Josh. 19, 16. 2 King 4,9 9 And Adonijah Pslew sheep and oxen and fat p Num. 23, cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, Prov. 15, 8. and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: 1. 9. 1 Chr. 22, Ps 37, 3. + Hleb. let me counsel thee coun sel, Prov. 17, 2. i Heb. 10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. 11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 12 Now therefore come, † let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest † save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say deliver thy unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, 'swear Gen. 19. 17. unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy Acts 28, 31. son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? verse 21. r 2 Sam. 12, 24. S 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the * Deut. 17. king, I also will come in affer thee, and † confirm thy 1 Chron. 29, Words. 18. 23. 15 And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber and the king was very old; and Abishag verse 17. the Shunammite ministered unto the king. illeb. fill up, Eph. 1, 6. 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou ? 17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD " thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly * Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne: 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, 1 Chr. 29,1. my lord the king, thou knowest it not: 19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host but Solomon thy servant hath he not called. 20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall † sleep with his fathers, that I and my in 57,2. son Solomon shall be counted † offenders. 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. 32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, Dan. 6, 21. and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. 33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son 43. to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: 37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, i Mat. 6, 13. even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne & Gen. 1, 3 greater than the throne of my lord king David. Ps. 33, 9. 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, 12 Kings 2, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, P. 72, & and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. 39 And Zadok the priest took a horn of oil of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, save king Solomon. 41 And Adonijah, and all the guests that were with Rev. 11, 16, him, heard it, as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he 18. said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an p Prov. 14, uproar? 13. $1,33. 42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the A21. son of Abiathar the priest came : and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. r 1 ch. 12, & 22, 8. 2 Chr. 20, 7 43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, 2 Kings 24, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. 20 44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the Jer. 12, 6. priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son cf Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites. & 52, 32 David's charge to Solomon. CHAPTER II. Adonijah's request: his death. Before and they have caused him to ride upon the king's { dan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will Before mule: not put thee to death with the sword. CHRIST cir. 1015. s 1 Chron. 11, 5. CHRIST cir. 1014 Ex. 20, 7. 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless; for thou have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are 'come art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to Job 9, 23. 2 Chr. 5, 2. up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again.do unto him; but his hour head bring thou down to This is the noise that ye have heard. t verse 13. 46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 47 And, moreover, the king's servants came "to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king Gen. 24, bowed himself upon the bed. 2. & 47, 31. Ps. 103, 1. 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. 49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and y Ex. 38, 2 arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of 1.21,14. the altar. ch. 2, 30. 51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon; for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to-day, that he will not slay his servant with the sword. a 13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thout peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 14 He said, moreover, I have somewhat to say 2 Kings 3, unto thee. And she said, Say on. 15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit, the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORd. 16 And now I ask one petition of thee, † deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. ↑ Heb. peace, 17, 18. x 5. h. 11,30 Dan. 2, 21. y 1 Chr. 22, ↑ Heb. 17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon y face, 52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give 1 Sam. 14, Worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to theme Abishag the Shunammite to wife. Acts 27, 34. earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he 18 And Bath-sheba said, 'Well; I will speak for z Prov. 14, shall die. thee unto the king. 19 Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, CHAPTER II. David, having given a charge to Solomon, dieth. TOW the days of David drew nigh that he should die: and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong, therefore, and shew thyself a man ; C 3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to e Josh. 1,7. walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, d beat. 17, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself; 13. e 2 Sam. 7, 25. (2 Tim. 4, 5. g Luke 1,6. 1. Deut. 6, 5. i 2 Sam. 7, e 4 That the LORD may continue his word, which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children 'take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not Cl 2, 10. fail thee (said he) a 'man on the throne of Israel. 5 Moreover, thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiahdid to me, and what he did to the two * 2 Sam. 3, captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and 'shed the blood of war in peace, and put 12 Sam. 3, the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. c 21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite 2 Sain. 8, be given to Adomjah thy brother to wife. 7. chap 1, 2 22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunam- d 2 Sam. 5, mite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; 7 21. for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for chap. 1.7. Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, say- 6. ing, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have Chr. 23, not spoken this word against his own life. 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to 28 Then tidings came to Joab: (for Joab had PR. 14,19,23 Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jor-turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after chap. 1.7 frang, r 3 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus saith Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath Ex. 21, 14. said, and fall upon him, and "bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. u 2 Kings 9, 34. x Num. 35, 33. & 9, 6. Judg. 9, 24, 27. 32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his Gen. 4,11. own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew thein with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. 2 Sam. 15,8. verse 44. 1 Heb. bloods, Ex. 22, 3. 33 Their † blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his Prov. 16, house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace Isa. 9, 6, 7. for ever from the LORD. 7. & 11, 6. Hosea 2, 18. Luke 2, 14. 4, Acts 132 Rom. 5, 1. Phil. 4, 7. a Mat. 5, 1. Acts 8,21. 11, 13. 1 Sam. 2,35. verse 27, 1 Chr. 6, 3. e verse 8. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the a wilderness. 35 And the king' put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host; and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. 36 I And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. e 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, d Prov. 20, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. e26am. 15, 23. flev. 20, 9. Josh. 2, 19. 38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is Mat. 27, 25. good as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And. Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. g? Kings 20, 19. 39 And it came to pass, at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Sam Achish son of Maachah, king of Gath: and they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath, to Achish, to seek his servants; and Luke 12, 15. Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and 1 Ps. 15,4 said unto him, Did I not make thee to 'swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, that on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good. AND Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made ch. 2, 10. an end of building his own house, and the house of d chap. 7, 1. the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. e ch. 9, 15. 2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, be- fch. 22, 45. cause there was no house built unto the name of the sic LORD until those days. 3 And Solomon loved the LORD, 'walking in the 2 Cor. 5, statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 14. Deut. 12, i chap. 2, 3. k 1 Chron. 4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt- 1 Gen. 28, offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. 12. 5 In Gibeon, the LORD appeared to Solomon in 'a m 2 Chron. dream by "night: and God said, " Ask what I shall 1,7. give thee. n Mat. 7, 7. 20, S. p Isa. 48, 1. q Ps. 15, 2. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy 02 Kings servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and Pin righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given r28«m. 7, him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 8 15. s Dan. 2, 21. t Kings u 7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am 14,21 but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. Num. 27 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people 17. which thou hast * chosen, a great people, that can- x Deut.7,7 not be numbered nor counted for multitude. y Gen. 16, 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding a heart a to judge thy people, that I may discern be- James 1,5. tween good and bad; for who is able to judge this a Ps. 72, 1. thy so great a people? b Heb. 5, 14. 10 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solo- c Ps. 4,6. mon had asked this thing. James 4, S many days, Prov. 16,31. verse 13,14 Mat% 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast Heb. asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself † long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast Pres asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; 12 Behold, I have done according to thy word: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 1 John 3,14. e Job 12, 12. Prov. 1, 2 fch. 4. 29. Col. 2, S. g Mat. 6, 93. Eph. 2, 20. 13 And I have also given thee that which thou h Phil. 3,17. hast not asked, both riches and honour; so that He is 7. there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee 128am.5,4. all thy days. P's. 91, 16. Solomon's princes and officers CHRIST 1014. His riches and wisdom Before CHRIST 1014. CHAPTER IV....V. Before this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered 13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him of a child with her in the house. pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead: to him also pertained the 're-rch 22, 20 gion of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great 4237 cities, with walls and brazen bars. წჰის 15, 15. 18 And it came to pass, the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I arose in the morning, to give my Sam 1,23. child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had Lam- 4,5. considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son which I did bare. r Gen. 21, 7. ↑ Heb. were hot, 22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living, 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And Gen. 43 30 they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. Jer. 31, 20. Isa. 49, 15. 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child Was unto the king, (for her bowels † yearned upon her son,) and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child and in no wise slay it: she is the inother thereof. 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the "wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment. CHAPTER IV. 1 Solomon's princes....7 His twelve officers for provision. Soking Solomon was king over * all Israel. 2 And these were the princes which he had; chap. 2, 35. Azariah the son of || Zadok the priest; e Esther 3, 12. He kept the name of he lived. d 2 Sam. 15, 37. 3 Elihoreph and Ähiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Áhilud, the recorder. 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and || Abiathar were the priests; 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal e ch. 5, 14. officer, and the king's friend; d 6 And Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. 31 For he was wiser than all men: than "Ethan 7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, h Josh. 15, which provided victuals for the king and his house-the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations n1Chr. 2,6. hold: each man his month in a year made provision. round about. 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan. 10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher. 11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife. 12 Baana, the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which Judg. 7, is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond AND Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto 2,3 Obroa P Jokncam. |