5/22 1 King 1-3
5/23 1 King 4-7
5/24 8-11
5/25 12-15
5/26 16-18
5/27 19-22
1 King 1-3
(1) What is the point of 1:1-4
(NAC) The story opens with David’s physical health all but gone. Once a great fighter, politician, and lover, his circulation is not sufficient to keep him warm, even with the aid of blankets. With death imminent, it is obvious that a new leader must replace David
(2) Similarity between Adonijah and Absalom
2 Samuel 15:1 Some time later Absalom managed to acquire a chariot and horses, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.
1 Kings 1:5 Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith, was promoting himself, boasting, “I will be king!” He managed to acquire chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.
v. 11 Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back
v.18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, my master the king, are not even aware of it!
What kind of father was David that both of son wanted to take over his throne on his back?
v. 6 Now his father had never corrected him by saying, “Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom
(NAC) Good looks and a favored status, coupled with parental indulgence, rarely build strong character
(3) Solomon became the king because of Nathan's strategy, and also based on an oath by David
13 Visit King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise your servant, “Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’
17 She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the LORD your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’
17 She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the LORD your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’
29 The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the LORD lives (he who has rescued me from every danger), 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.’ ”
(BKC) 1:13–14. David’s promise to Bathsheba that he would make Solomon … king after him, to which Nathan referred, is not recorded in Scripture. But in view of what Nathan told Bathsheba to say here, obviously David had made such a promise (cf. 1 Chron. 22:8–10).
Reflection: David was old and weak. Plus he had never corrected his son, Adonijah. Therefore, Adonijah could have easily become the new king and he almost succeeded. In the history of Israel, the kings were appointed by God (NAC), but now this willful and arrogant Adonijah took the matter into his own hand. If Israel fell under his rulership it would have a very dim future. With the strategy of prophet Nathan and reminded the oath of David, Solomon became the king.
Reflection: David was old and weak. Plus he had never corrected his son, Adonijah. Therefore, Adonijah could have easily become the new king and he almost succeeded. In the history of Israel, the kings were appointed by God (NAC), but now this willful and arrogant Adonijah took the matter into his own hand. If Israel fell under his rulership it would have a very dim future. With the strategy of prophet Nathan and reminded the oath of David, Solomon became the king.
How about you? Are you like Adoijah, who is willful and arrogant? Are you manipulating the people around you?
Or are you like David, who had never corrected his child and let them cause all kinds of trouble to Israel?
Audrey
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