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The First and Second Books of Kings, Ed. by J. Robertson
The First and Second Books of Kings Ed by J Robertson Author:James Robertson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1902 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: Notes FIRST BOOK OF KINGS p. 1, 1. 1. 'old.' According to 2 Sam. v. 4, 5, and 1 Kings ii. 11, he would be about seventy. p. 1, 1. 8. 'coasts,' here, as often in the A. V., meaning territories. p. 1, 1. 15. 'chariots and horsemen'; not for war, but for state, as indicated by the 'men to run before him.' Such runners are to be seen in the East still. p. 1, 1. 18. 'his mother bare him after Absalom,' simply means, in Hebrew idiom, that he was born next after Absalom, and is inserted to indicate that Adonijah was the eldest surviving son of the king (see 1 Chron. iii. 1, 2), and therefore the presumptive heir. p. 2, 1. 5. ' mighty men.' See below on v. 38. p. 2, 1. 8. ' stone of Zoheleth,' or of the Serpent. ' En-rogel,' well of the fuller. The well is mentioned in Josh. xv. 7, and xviii. 16, and was, according to Josephus, ' outside the city in the king's garden.' By many it is identified with the modern Bir- Eyyub, at the junction of the valleys of Hinnom and Jehosha- phat. Others identify it with the fountain of the Virgin, and the Stone of Zoheleth with a rocky plateau at the neighbouring village of Siloam. p. 3, 1. 16. 'counted offenders.' If the movement of Adonijah was not checked, the people would take for granted that it had David's sanction ; and if 1t succeeded, then, on David's decease, Solomon and his party would be treated as political suspects. Hence the alarming words of Nathan in v. 12. p. 4, 1. 22. 'Gihon.' Tradition connects it closely with Siloam, and, if this is correct, it must beat the Well of the Virgin, from which a tunnel leads to the pool of Siloam. See 2 Chron. xxxii. 3...« less