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Meyer - 1 Kings 1:29 As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress. “In my distress I called on the Lord, and cried to my God.” Never let there be distress without its cry. He will hear your voice out of His temple, and your cry will come before Him even into His ears. He will answer, and set you in a large place. There is even a gain to be won from distress, because it brings out new phases of Christ’s redemptive help. God redeemed David from the calumny of those who maligned him without cause. In so many of his Psalms he refers to the unjust and cruel hatred which misrepresented him and his doings. But God, to whom he committed his cause, vindicated him, so that his righteousness shone as the light, and his judgment as the noonday. So He will do for you. Those who now lay all manner of unkind charges to your door, will be compelled to admit your innocence. Only leave your cause with God, and be still. God redeemed David from all the afflictions that shadowed his early days: from his wanderings in the wilderness; from his hairbreadth escapes in the caves; from meeting his death on many a terrible battlefield. We hardly realize, just now, how much we owe to the Angel of God’s redemption, who is ever beside us, environing us with careful love, so that no evil may approach us, or snare take our feet. Our pathway is thick with snares and dangers, as the pilgrims found it when journeying through the valley of the shadow; but there is a way out, and in the morning we shall marvel to see how we escaped. God redeemed David’s life from destruction. This was the greatest miracle of all, when we consider the strong passions that slumbered within him, breaking out whenever he broke loose from God’s grace 1 Kings 1:30 surely as I vowed to you by the LORD the God of Israel, saying, 'Your son Solomon shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place'; I will indeed do so this day." BGT 1 Kings 1:30 ὅτι καθὼς ὤμοσά σοι ἐν κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ Ισραηλ λέγων ὅτι Σαλωμων ὁ υἱός σου βασιλεύσει μετ᾽ ἐμὲ καὶ αὐτὸς καθήσεται ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου μου ἀντ᾽ ἐμοῦ ὅτι οὕτως ποιήσω τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ LXE 1 Kings 1:30 as I swore to thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead, so will I do this day. KJV 1 Kings 1:30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. NET 1 Kings 1:30 I will keep today the oath I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel: 'Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.'" CSB 1 Kings 1:30 just as I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne in my place, that is exactly what I will do this very day." ESV 1 Kings 1:30 as I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, 'Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,' even so will I do this day." NIV 1 Kings 1:30 I will surely carry out today what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place." NLT 1 Kings 1:30 your son Solomon will be the next king and will sit on my throne this very day, just as I vowed to you before the LORD, the God of Israel." surely as I vowed to you: 1Ki 1:13,17 DAVID ASSURES BATHSHEBA SOLOMON WILL BE KING Surely as I vowed to you by the LORD the God of Israel, saying, 'Your son Solomon shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place'; I will indeed do so this day - David reaffirms his previous oath to Bathsheba regarding Solomon, who he calls "your son." It seems that even though David had designated Solomon as the next king, the announcement had never been made public. What is David saying? Basically he is moving fast (I will indeed do so this day ) The implication is that David would abdicate the throne and give the crown to Solomon. 1 Kings 1:31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, "May my lord King David live forever." bowed with her face to the ground: 2Sa 9:6 Es 3:2 Mt 21:37 Eph 5:33 Heb 12:9 Let my: 1Ki 1:25 Ne 2:3 Da 2:4 3:9 5:10 6:6,21 BATHSHEBA BOWS IN REVERENCE Then - This marks progression in the narrative, and this case a "sigh of relief" for Bathsheba. Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated (shachah; Lxx - proskuneo) herself before the king and said, "May my lord King David live forever - A strange sounding sentence to David who was near the end! Once again she shows her reverential respect for the king in posture and pronouncement ("live forever"). 1 Kings 1:32 Then King David said, "Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada." And they came into the king's presence. Zadok: 1Ki 1:8,26,38 KING CALLS FOR HIS LOYAL MEN Then - The narrative progresses as David prepares to pronounce his solution to this potentially dangerous dilemma. King David said, "Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada." And they came into the king's presence - David assembles his religious, spiritual and military leaders to make his pronouncement. Matthew Henry Concise - Verses 32-53. The people expressed great joy and satisfaction in the elevation of Solomon. Every true Israelite rejoices in the exaltation of the Son of David. Combinations formed upon evil principles will soon be dissolved, when self-interest calls another way. How can those who do evil deeds expect to have good tidings? Adonijah had despised Solomon, but soon dreaded him. We see here, as in a glass, Jesus, the Son of David and the Son of God, exalted to the throne of glory, notwithstanding all his enemies. His kingdom is far greater than that of his father David, and therein all the true people of God cordially rejoice. The prosperity of his cause is vexation and terror to his enemies. No horns of the altar, nor forms of godliness, nor pretences to religion, can profit those who will not submit to His authority, and accept of his salvation; and if their submission be hypocritical, they shall perish without remedy. 1 Kings 1:33 The king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon. Take: 2Sa 20:6 to ride: 1Ki 1:5,38,44 Ge 41:43 Es 6:6-11 Heb. the mule which belongeth to me, Lev 19:19 Gihon: 1Ki 1:38,45 2Ch 32:30 Gihon Spring N of Adonijah's Party at En-rogel Source: ESV Study Bible DAVID'S INSTRUCTION SOLOMON ON KING'S MULE The king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon - David's declaration for his son Solomon to ride on the king's mule was ample evidence that he had appointed Solomon as his successor. Gihon was the name of a spring in Jerusalem, evidently sacred, and, for that reason, selected as the scene of Solomon's coronation (1 Ki 1:33, 38, 45). Regarding the statement ride on my own mule Maimonides said that it was a capital offence for any one to ride on the king's mule, to sit on his throne, or to handle his sceptre, without permission. IVP Background Commentary - the king’s mule. During the early monarchy the proper animal for the king to ride was the mule (see 2 Sam 18:9). Precedent for this practice is found in a Mari letter containing a suggestion to King Zimri-Lim that it would be more in keeping with the dignity of the monarch if he rode in a cart pulled by mules rather than by horses. It is also possible that horses were not in general use by the Israelites until later periods. During this period mules were two or three times more expensive than horses. They were imported and, of course, could not reproduce. Gihon. This is a spring now known as ’En Sitti Maryam in the Kidron Valley just below the east slope of David’s Jerusalem (see comment on 2 Sam 5:8). In contrast to Adonijah’s support base in the traditional tribal groups, Solomon’s base appears to be in the royal city, Jerusalem, itself. The Gihon spring, as Jerusalem’s water supply, is therefore a fit setting for this ceremony.