His courtiers said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king, to wait upon Your Majesty and be his attendant;aattendant Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and let her lie in your bosom, and my lord the king will be warm.”
So they looked for a beautiful young woman throughout the territory of Israel. They found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויבקשו
424
נערה
325
יפה
95
בכל
52
גבול
41
ישראל
541
וימצאו
153
אתאבישג
717
השונמית
811
ויבאו
25
אתה
406
למלך
120
I Kings 1:4
Gematria: 3159
והנערהיפהעדמאדותהילמלךסכנתותשרתהווהמלךלאידעה
This young woman was exceedingly beautiful. She became the king’s attendantbattendant Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and waited upon him; but the king was not intimate with her.
Now Adonijah son of Haggith went about boasting,cwent about boasting Or “presumed to think.” “I will be king!” He provided himself with chariots and horses,dhorses Or “riders”; force of Heb. parash(im) uncertain. and an escort of fifty outrunners.
His father had never scolded him: “Why did you do that?” He was the one born after Absalomethe one born after Absalom Thus, Absalom having died, Adonijah was David’s oldest living son. and, like him, was very handsome.
Adonijah made a sacrificial feast of sheep, oxen, and fatlings at the Zoheleth stone that is near En-rogel; he invited all his brother princesfall his brother princes Lit. “all his brothers sons of the king.” and all the king’s courtiers of the tribe of Judah;
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויזבח
33
אדניהו
76
צאן
141
ובקר
308
ומריא
257
עם
110
אבן
53
הזחלת
450
אשראצל
622
עין
130
רגל
233
ויקרא
317
אתכלאחיו
476
בני
62
המלך
95
ולכלאנשי
447
יהודה
30
עבדי
86
המלך
95
I Kings 1:10
Gematria: 2866
ואתנתןהנביאובניהוואתהגבוריםואתשלמהאחיולאקרא
but he did not invite the prophet Nathan, or Benaiah, or the warriors, or his brother Solomon.
Then Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “You must have heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has assumed the kingship without the knowledge of our lord David.
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ויאמר
257
נתן
500
אלבתשבע
805
אםשלמה
416
לאמר
271
הלוא
42
שמעת
810
כי
30
מלך
90
אדניהו
76
בןחגית
473
ואדנינו
127
דוד
14
לא
31
ידע
84
I Kings 1:12
Gematria: 3178
ועתהלכיאיעצךנאעצהומלטיאתנפשךואתנפשבנךשלמה
Now take my advice, so that you may save your life and the life of your son Solomon.
Go immediately to King David and say to him, ‘Did not you, O lord king, swear to your maidservant: “Your son Solomon shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit upon my throne”? Then why has Adonijah become king?’
Word-by-Word Analysis
לכי
60
ובאי
19
אלהמלך
126
דוד
14
ואמרת
647
אליו
47
הלאאתה
442
אדני
65
המלך
95
נשבעת
822
לאמתך
491
לאמר
271
כישלמה
405
בנך
72
ימלך
100
אחרי
219
והוא
18
ישב
312
עלכסאי
191
ומדוע
126
מלך
90
אדניהו
76
I Kings 1:14
Gematria: 2791
הנהעודךמדברתשםעםהמלךואניאבואאחריךומלאתיאתדבריך
While you are still there talking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”
She answered him, “My lord, you yourself swore to your maidservant by the ETERNAL your God: ‘Your son Solomon shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit upon my throne.’
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ותאמר
647
לו
36
אדני
65
אתה
406
נשבעת
822
ביהוה
28
אלהיך
66
לאמתך
491
כישלמה
405
בנך
72
ימלך
100
אחרי
219
והוא
18
ישב
312
עלכסאי
191
I Kings 1:18
Gematria: 1857
ועתההנהאדניהמלךועתהאדניהמלךלאידעת
Yet now Adonijah has become king, and you,gyou So many mss. and ancient versions; usual editions “now.” my lord the king, know nothing about it.
He has prepared a sacrificial feast of a great many oxen, fatlings, and sheep, and he has invited all the king’s sons and Abiathar the priest and Joab commander of the army; but he has not invited your servant Solomon.
Nathan said, “O lord king, you must have said,hyou must have said Or (cf. Rashi, Ralbag, Radak) “have you said…?” ‘Adonijah shall succeed me as king and he shall sit upon my throne.’
For he has gone down today and prepared a sacrificial feast of a great many oxen, fatlings, and sheep. He invited all the king’s sons and the army officers and Abiathar the priest. At this very moment they are eating and drinking with him, and they are shouting, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
Word-by-Word Analysis
כי
30
ירד
214
היום
61
ויזבח
33
שור
506
ומריאוצאן
404
לרב
232
ויקרא
317
לכלבני
142
המלך
95
ולשרי
546
הצבא
98
ולאביתר
649
הכהן
80
והנם
101
אכלים
101
ושתים
756
לפניו
176
ויאמרו
263
יחי
28
המלך
95
אדניהו
76
I Kings 1:26
Gematria: 1618
וליאניעבדךולצדקהכהןולבניהובןיהוידעולשלמהעבדךלאקרא
But he did not invite me your servant, or the priest Zadok, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon.
The oath I swore to you by the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, that your son Solomon should succeed me as king and that he should sit upon my throne in my stead, I will fulfill this very day!”
the king said to them, “Take my loyal soldiers,imy loyal soldiers Lit. “your lord’s men.” and have my son Solomon ride on my mule and bring him down to Gihon.
Then the priest Zadok, and the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada went down with the Cherethites and the Pelethites. They had Solomon ride on King David’s mule and they led him to Gihon.
Adonijah and all the guests who were with him, who had just finished eating, heard it. When Joab heard the sound of the horn, he said, “Why is the city in such an uproar?”
He was still speaking when the priest Jonathan son of Abiathar arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah. “You are a worthy man, and you surely bring good news.”
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עודנו
136
מדבר
246
והנה
66
יונתן
516
בןאביתר
665
הכהן
80
בא
3
ויאמר
257
אדניהו
76
בא
3
כי
30
איש
311
חיל
48
אתה
406
וטוב
23
תבשר
902
I Kings 1:43
Gematria: 2159
ויעןיונתןויאמרלאדניהואבלאדנינוהמלךדודהמליךאתשלמה
But Jonathan replied to Adonijah, “Alas, our lord King David has made Solomon king!
The king sent with him the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and Pelethites. They had him ride on the king’s mule,
and the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan anointed him king at Gihon. Then they came up from there making merry, and the city went into an uproar. That’s the noise you heard.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וימשחו
370
אתו
407
צדוק
200
הכהן
80
ונתן
506
הנביאלמלך
188
בגחון
69
ויעלו
122
משם
380
שמחים
398
ותהם
451
הקריה
320
הוא
12
הקול
141
אשר
501
שמעתם
850
I Kings 1:46
Gematria: 1023
וגםישבשלמהעלכסאהמלוכה
Further, Solomon seated himself on the royal throne;
further, the king’s courtiers came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May God make the renown of Solomon even greater than yours, and may his throne be exalted even higher than yours!’ And the king bowed low on his couch.
And further, this is what the king said, ‘Praised be the ETERNAL, the God of Israel who has this day provided a successor to my throne, while my own eyes can see it.’”
Word-by-Word Analysis
וגםככה
94
אמר
241
המלך
95
ברוך
228
יהוה
26
אלהי
46
ישראל
541
אשר
501
נתן
500
היום
61
ישב
312
עלכסאי
191
ועיני
146
ראות
607
I Kings 1:49
Gematria: 2052
ויחרדוויקמוכלהקראיםאשרלאדניהווילכואישלדרכו
Thereupon, all of Adonijah’s guests rose in alarm and went off in every direction.
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ויחרדו
234
ויקמו
162
כלהקראים
406
אשר
501
לאדניהו
106
וילכו
72
איש
311
לדרכו
260
I Kings 1:50
Gematria: 2021
ואדניהויראמפנישלמהויקםוילךויחזקבקרנותהמזבח
Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, went at once [to the Tent] and grasped the horns of the altar.
It was reported to Solomon: “Adonijah is in fear of King Solomon and has grasped the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me that he will not put his servant to the sword.’”