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A Hidden Claim to the Throne
Commentators unanimously explain that Adonijah's request for Abishag was not about marriage but about power. In ancient Eastern cultures, possessing a deceased king's concubine was a powerful symbol and a direct claim to the throne. Solomon immediately recognized this request as a veiled attempt by his older brother to usurp the kingdom.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 2:22
18th Century
Theologian
Ask for him the kingdom also - Bathsheba had not seen anything dangerous or suspicious in Adonijah’s request. Solomon, on the contrary, take…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 2:22
19th Century
Bishop
And why do you ask?— In Solomon’s answer there is a certain bitterness, venting itself in irony, which seems to suggest the mingli…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 2:22
17th Century
Pastor
And King Solomon answered and said to his mother
With as much gentleness and mildness as he could, but inwardly fire…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 2:12–25
17th Century
Minister
Solomon received Bathsheba with all the respect that was owing to a mother; but let no one be asked for what they ought not to grant. It ill become…