1 Kings 1:6
4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
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.
7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with 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.
Compare
- 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
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
Read in context1 Samuel 3:13
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Read in contextProverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Read in contextHebrews 12:5–6
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Read in context1 Chronicles 3:2
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
Read in contextProverbs 23:13–14
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Read in contextProverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Read in context2 Samuel 14:25
But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
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