Post by Lee on Aug 8, 2014 1:48:10 GMT
The two books of Kings were originally one book. In the Septuagint (Greek) and Vulgate (Latin) they are called the third and fourth books of Kings; the two books of Samuel being called the first and second book of Kings. In them we have the history of the twelve tribes from the last days of David down to the carrying away into Babylon. The plan of these books is to show the growth and decline of the nation from God’s point of view, and the causes which led to that decline.
The first book deals with a period of about 120 years—40 of Solomon’s reign and 80 of the divided kingdom.
Concerning the revolt of Adonijah, his name means my lord (or ruler) is Yahweh. This will serve to explain Psalm 110:1.: “Yahweh said unto my Adon, Sit thou at my right hand.” Haggith means a dancer. In verse 6, the words “his mother” are not in the Hebrew. He was the fourth son of David. Amnon was dead; Absalom was dead. Chileab, who in 1 Chronicles 3:2 is called Daniel, we read nothing of, so that he, too, was no doubt dead also. Adonijah, therefore, regarded himself as heir to the throne, but he must have known God had decreed otherwise.
Verse 38.—Everything was done to make David’s choice beyond doubt—the prophet, the priest, the King’s bodyguard, the King’s mule (compare what was done to Mordecai—Esther 6:8–9), and the public anointing. Solomon was made king, and anointed a second time (1 Chron. 29:22). The first anointing made known God’s choice, the second the acceptance of the chosen one by the people. Adonijah would now be about 35; Solomon not over 20. Solomon had married Naamab, an Ammonitess, whose son, Rehoboam, was a year old at Solomon’s accession. After Solomon’s public anointing, David was granted strength sufficient to enable him to exhort Solomon to his duty to God and the nation, and to bring under his notice the guilty for punishment and the righteous for reward.
1903 Christadelphian p 48
The first book deals with a period of about 120 years—40 of Solomon’s reign and 80 of the divided kingdom.
Concerning the revolt of Adonijah, his name means my lord (or ruler) is Yahweh. This will serve to explain Psalm 110:1.: “Yahweh said unto my Adon, Sit thou at my right hand.” Haggith means a dancer. In verse 6, the words “his mother” are not in the Hebrew. He was the fourth son of David. Amnon was dead; Absalom was dead. Chileab, who in 1 Chronicles 3:2 is called Daniel, we read nothing of, so that he, too, was no doubt dead also. Adonijah, therefore, regarded himself as heir to the throne, but he must have known God had decreed otherwise.
Verse 38.—Everything was done to make David’s choice beyond doubt—the prophet, the priest, the King’s bodyguard, the King’s mule (compare what was done to Mordecai—Esther 6:8–9), and the public anointing. Solomon was made king, and anointed a second time (1 Chron. 29:22). The first anointing made known God’s choice, the second the acceptance of the chosen one by the people. Adonijah would now be about 35; Solomon not over 20. Solomon had married Naamab, an Ammonitess, whose son, Rehoboam, was a year old at Solomon’s accession. After Solomon’s public anointing, David was granted strength sufficient to enable him to exhort Solomon to his duty to God and the nation, and to bring under his notice the guilty for punishment and the righteous for reward.
1903 Christadelphian p 48