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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 1 This chapter gives an account of the infirmities of David in his old age, and the method used to relieve him under them, 1 Kings 1:1; of the preparation his son Adonijah made to usurp the throne, 1 Kings 1:5; of Bathsheba's address to the king upon it, in favour of her son Solomon, on which she was put by, Nathan the prophet, and seconded in it by him, 1 Kings 1:11;...
John Gill
But Zadok the priest,.... Who bid fair to be the high priest on Solomon's coming to the throne as he was: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who was near David's person, and over his bodyguards, the Cherethites and Pelethites: and Nathan the prophet; a very great intimate of David's, and his seer, whom he consulted on all occasions: and Shimei; who, according to Abarbinel, was Shimei the son of...
Matthew Henry
Introduction. (b. c. 1015.) 1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout...