1 Kings 1:6
4 The girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.
5 At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
7 So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- (His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
- KJV
- And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
- WEB
- His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, “Why have you done so?” and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.
- ASV
- And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.
- DARBY
- And his father had not grieved him at any time in saying, Why doest thou so? and he was also a very comely man; and [his mother] bore him after Absalom.
- BLB
- (And his father had not rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” And He [was] also very good in form, and she had borne him after Absalom.)
- ÅB
- Hans far hadde aldri i hans liv talt hårdt til ham og sagt: Hvorfor har du gjort dette? Han[^2] var og meget fager, og han var født næst etter Absalom.
- OTB
- Hans far hadde aldri irettesatt ham på noe tidspunkt ved å spørre, “Hvorfor har du gjort dette?” Og han var også en meget kjekk mann, og han ble født etter Absalom.
- B1930
- Hans far hadde aldri i hans liv talt hårdt til ham og sagt: Hvorfor har du gjort dette? Han var og meget fager, og han var født næst efter Absalom. / < 2SA 14, 25.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 3:3–4
his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
Read in context1 Samuel 3:13
I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
Read in contextProverbs 29:15
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Read in contextHebrews 12:5–6
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
Read in context1 Chronicles 3:2
the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
Read in contextProverbs 23:13–14
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Read in contextProverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Read in context2 Samuel 14:25
Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
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