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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 1:6 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
1Ki 1:6 |
Strong Concordance |
And his father [01] had not displeased [06087] him at any time [03117] in saying [0559], Why hast thou done so [06213]? and he also was a very [03966] goodly [02896] [08389] man; and his mother bare [03205] him after [0310] Absalom [053]. |
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King James |
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Had not displeased him - i. e. "His father had never checked or thwarted him all his life."
A very goodly man - Here, too, Adonijah resembled Absalom Sa2 14:25. The Jews, like the other nations of antiquity, regarded the physical qualities of rulers as of great importance, and wished their kings to be remarkable for strength, stature, and beauty Sa1 9:2. Adonijah's personal advantages no doubt helped to draw the people to him.
His mother ... - i. e. Haggith bare Adonijah after Maacah bare Absalom Sa2 3:3-4. The words in italics are not in the original; hence, some, by a slight alteration, read "David begat him." |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Displeased him - This is noted as David's great error, and the occasion of Adonijah's presumption. Saying - He neither restrained him from, nor reproved him for his miscarriages: which David well knew was a great sin. Goodly man - This was a second ground of his confidence, because his great comeliness made him amiable in the peoples eyes. |
3 And his second [04932], Chileab [03609], of Abigail [026] the wife [0802] of Nabal [05037] the Carmelite [03761]; and the third [07992], Absalom [053] the son [01121] of Maacah [04601] the daughter [01323] of Talmai [08526] king [04428] of Geshur [01650];
4 And the fourth [07243], Adonijah [0138] the son [01121] of Haggith [02294]; and the fifth [02549], Shephatiah [08203] the son [01121] of Abital [037];
2 And he had a son [01121], whose name [08034] was Saul [07586], a choice young man [0970], and a goodly [02896]: and there was not among the children [01121] of Israel [03478] a goodlier [02896] person [0376] than he: from his shoulders [07926] and upward [04605] he was higher [01364] than any of the people [05971].
25 But in all Israel [03478] there was none [0376] to be so much [03966] praised [01984] as Absalom [053] for his beauty [03303]: from the sole [03709] of his foot [07272] even to the crown of his head [06936] there was no blemish [03971] in him.