1 Kings 1:6

Translations

Modern

(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)

Traditional

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.

Literal

(And his father had not rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” And He was also very good in form, and she had borne him after Absalom.)

Latin

Nec corripuit eum pater suus aliquando, dicens: Quare hoc fecisti? Erat autem et ipse pulcher valde, secundus natu post Absalom.

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English

(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)

Notes

1 Kings 1:5–6

Adonijah was David’s fourth son. His older brothers, Amnon, Daniel, and Absalom, had died. So, Adonijah thought he would become king. However, according to ancient Near Eastern tradition, Solomon, the son of David’s favorite wife Bathsheba, was to become king. David had already told Solomon about this (1 Kings 1:13, 17; 1 Chronicles 22:6–10). Adonijah's ambition, likely encouraged by his father's lenient discipline, showed when he declared, “I will be king!”

1 Kings 1:1–2:12

The book of 1 Kings begins with the Lord's promise to David (see 2 Samuel 7:11–16). Solomon was the rightful and God-chosen heir to what God gave his father David. The problems during Solomon's rise to power suggested there would be more troubles later in his reign and between Israel and Judah in the future(1 Kings 1:1–2:46; 11:12–43).

Theme notes and profiles

Abiathar Bathsheba David Joab Solomon Zadok Prophets in 1 Kings

Related verses

2 Samuel 3:3–4
…his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
1 Samuel 3:13
I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
1 Chronicles 3:2
…the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 29:15
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Hebrews 12:5–6
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
Proverbs 23:13–14
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
1 Samuel 9:2
And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
1 Samuel 10:23
So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.
2 Samuel 14:25
Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.

People

Absalom: David's rebellious son who tried to usurp the throne

Glossary

Abiathar Adonijah Bathsheba Haggith Kings, Books of First and Second Nathan Shulammite Shunammite Shunem Solomon (Person) Zadok

Topics

Adonijah: Son of David and Haggith Citizens: Wicked: Adonijah Civil Service: Influence In Kings: Conspiracies Against: Adonijah Against Solomon Parents: Indulgent: David the Tribe of Judah: Remarkable Persons of Adonijah Usurpation of Political Functions by Adonijah Wicked Children: Adonijah

1 Kings 1:6

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