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A Rebel's Coronation
Adonijah's feast was not a mere party. Commentators explain it was a public, sacrificial ceremony intended to inaugurate him as king, mirroring Absalom's earlier rebellion. By slaughtering animals and gathering influential people, he was making a bold and defiant claim to the throne while David was still alive.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 1:9
18th Century
Theologian
Adonijah’s feast was probably of a sacrificial character, intended to inaugurate him as king. Compare the “sacrifices” of Absalom ([Reference 2 Sam…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 1:9
19th Century
Bishop
The stone of Zoheleth.—The meaning is uncertain. The derivation seems to be from a root, meaning to “crawl,” or “steal on.” Some i…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 1:9
17th Century
Pastor
And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle
To make a feast of for those that were of his party, which was numer…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 1:5–10
17th Century
Minister
Indulgent parents are often chastised by disobedient children, who are anxious to possess their estates. No worldly wisdom, nor experience, nor sac…