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A Name That Foreshadows Trouble
Commentators unanimously identify Adonijah as the son who would later try to seize the throne from Solomon. This brief mention in a list of births is not just trivia; it foreshadows the deep and tragic family conflicts that will plague the end of David's reign and the beginning of Solomon's, as detailed in 1 Kings 1-2.
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2 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Samuel 3:4
18th Century
Theologian
Adonijah - The same person who, when David was dying, aspired to the crown and was put to death by Solomon.
Shephatiah - Meanin…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Samuel 3:2–5
19th Century
Bishop
And unto David. —The list of David’s sons born during his seven and a half years’ reign in Hebron rather interrupts the continuity…
John Gill
On 2 Samuel 3:4
17th Century
Pastor
And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith
The same that usurped the throne before his father's death, to anticipat…
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Samuel 3:1–6
17th Century
Minister
The length of this war tried the faith and patience of David, and made his settlement at last the more welcome. The contest between grace and corru…