David, grown old, is, by the advice of his physicians, cherished by Abishag the Shunammite, Kg1 1:1-4. Adonijah conspires with Joab and Abiathar to seize on the government, Kg1 1:5-10. Nathan and Bathsheba communicate…
1Cuando el rey David era viejo y avanzado en días, le cubrían de ropas, pero no se calentaba.
2Le dijeron, por tanto, sus siervos: Busquen para mi señor el rey una joven virgen, para que esté delante del rey y lo abrigue, y duerma a su lado, y entrará en calor mi señor el rey.
3Y buscaron una joven hermosa por toda la tierra de Israel, y hallaron a Abisag sunamita, y la trajeron al rey.
4Y la joven era hermosa; y ella abrigaba al rey, y le servía; pero el rey nunca la conoció.
5Entonces Adonías hijo de Haguit se rebeló, diciendo: Yo reinaré. Y se hizo de carros y de gente de a caballo, y de cincuenta hombres que corriesen delante de él.
6Y su padre nunca le había entristecido en todos sus días con decirle: ¿Por qué haces así? Además, este era de muy hermoso parecer; y había nacido después de Absalón.
7Y se había puesto de acuerdo con Joab hijo de Sarvia y con el sacerdote Abiatar, los cuales ayudaban a Adonías.
8Pero el sacerdote Sadoc, y Benaía hijo de Joiada, el profeta Natán, Simei, Rei y todos los grandes de David, no seguían a Adonías.
9Y matando Adonías ovejas y vacas y animales gordos junto a la peña de Zohelet, la cual está cerca de la fuente de Rogel, convidó a todos sus hermanos los hijos del rey, y a todos los varones de Judá, siervos del rey;
10pero no convidó al profeta Natán, ni a Benaía, ni a los grandes, ni a Salomón su hermano.
11Entonces habló Natán a Betsabé madre de Salomón, diciendo: ¿No has oído que reina Adonías hijo de Haguit, sin saberlo David nuestro señor?
12Ven pues, ahora, y toma mi consejo, para que conserves tu vida, y la de tu hijo Salomón.
13Ve y entra al rey David, y dile: Rey señor mío, ¿no juraste a tu sierva, diciendo: Salomón tu hijo reinará después de mí, y él se sentará en mi trono? ¿Por qué, pues, reina Adonías?
14Y estando tú aún hablando con el rey, yo entraré tras ti y reafirmaré tus razones.
15Entonces Betsabé entró a la cámara del rey; y el rey era muy viejo, y Abisag sunamita le servía.
16Y Betsabé se inclinó, e hizo reverencia al rey. Y el rey dijo: ¿Qué tienes?
17Y ella le respondió: Señor mío, tú juraste a tu sierva por Jehová tu Dios, diciendo: Salomón tu hijo reinará después de mí, y él se sentará en mi trono.
18Y he aquí ahora Adonías reina, y tú, mi señor rey, hasta ahora no lo sabes.
19Ha matado bueyes, y animales gordos, y muchas ovejas, y ha convidado a todos los hijos del rey, al sacerdote Abiatar, y a Joab general del ejército; mas a Salomón tu siervo no ha convidado.
20Entre tanto, rey señor mío, los ojos de todo Israel están puestos en ti, para que les declares quién se ha de sentar en el trono de mi señor el rey después de él.
21De otra manera sucederá que cuando mi señor el rey duerma con sus padres, yo y mi hijo Salomón seremos tenidos por culpables.
22Mientras aún hablaba ella con el rey, he aquí vino el profeta Natán.
23Y dieron aviso al rey, diciendo: He aquí el profeta Natán; el cual, cuando entró al rey, se postró delante del rey inclinando su rostro a tierra.
24Y dijo Natán: Rey señor mío, ¿has dicho tú: Adonías reinará después de mí, y él se sentará en mi trono?
25Porque hoy ha descendido, y ha matado bueyes y animales gordos y muchas ovejas, y ha convidado a todos los hijos del rey, y a los capitanes del ejército, y también al sacerdote Abiatar; y he aquí, están comiendo y bebiendo delante de él, y han dicho: ¡Viva el rey Adonías!
26Pero ni a mí tu siervo, ni al sacerdote Sadoc, ni a Benaía hijo de Joiada, ni a Salomón tu siervo, ha convidado.
27¿Es este negocio ordenado por mi señor el rey, sin haber declarado a tus siervos quién se había de sentar en el trono de mi señor el rey después de él?
28Entonces el rey David respondió y dijo: Llamadme a Betsabé. Y ella entró a la presencia del rey, y se puso delante del rey.
29Y el rey juró diciendo: Vive Jehová, que ha redimido mi alma de toda angustia,
30que como yo te he jurado por Jehová Dios de Israel, diciendo: Tu hijo Salomón reinará después de mí, y él se sentará en mi trono en lugar mío; que así lo haré hoy.
31Entonces Betsabé se inclinó ante el rey, con su rostro a tierra, y haciendo reverencia al rey, dijo: Viva mi señor el rey David para siempre.
32Y el rey David dijo: Llamadme al sacerdote Sadoc, al profeta Natán, y a Benaía hijo de Joiada. Y ellos entraron a la presencia del rey.
33Y el rey les dijo: Tomad con vosotros los siervos de vuestro señor, y montad a Salomón mi hijo en mi mula, y llevadlo a Gihón;
34y allí lo ungirán el sacerdote Sadoc y el profeta Natán como rey sobre Israel, y tocaréis trompeta, diciendo: ¡Viva el rey Salomón!
35Después iréis vosotros detrás de él, y vendrá y se sentará en mi trono, y él reinará por mí; porque a él he escogido para que sea príncipe sobre Israel y sobre Judá.
36Entonces Benaía hijo de Joiada respondió al rey y dijo: Amén. Así lo diga Jehová, Dios de mi señor el rey.
37De la manera que Jehová ha estado con mi señor el rey, así esté con Salomón, y haga mayor su trono que el trono de mi señor el rey David.
38Y descendieron el sacerdote Sadoc, el profeta Natán, Benaía hijo de Joiada, y los cereteos y los peleteos, y montaron a Salomón en la mula del rey David, y lo llevaron a Gihón.
39Y tomando el sacerdote Sadoc el cuerno del aceite del tabernáculo, ungió a Salomón; y tocaron trompeta, y dijo todo el pueblo: ¡Viva el rey Salomón!
40Después subió todo el pueblo en pos de él, y cantaba la gente con flautas, y hacían grandes alegrías, que parecía que la tierra se hundía con el clamor de ellos.
41Y lo oyó Adonías, y todos los convidados que con él estaban, cuando ya habían acabado de comer. Y oyendo Joab el sonido de la trompeta, dijo: ¿Por qué se alborota la ciudad con estruendo?
42Mientras él aún hablaba, he aquí vino Jonatán hijo del sacerdote Abiatar, al cual dijo Adonías: Entra, porque tú eres hombre valiente, y traerás buenas nuevas.
43Jonatán respondió y dijo a Adonías: Ciertamente nuestro señor el rey David ha hecho rey a Salomón;
44y el rey ha enviado con él al sacerdote Sadoc y al profeta Natán, y a Benaía hijo de Joiada, y también a los cereteos y a los peleteos, los cuales le montaron en la mula del rey;
45y el sacerdote Sadoc y el profeta Natán lo han ungido por rey en Gihón, y de allí han subido con alegrías, y la ciudad está llena de estruendo. Este es el alboroto que habéis oído.
46También Salomón se ha sentado en el trono del reino,
47y aun los siervos del rey han venido a bendecir a nuestro señor el rey David, diciendo: Dios haga bueno el nombre de Salomón más que tu nombre, y haga mayor su trono que el tuyo. Y el rey adoró en la cama.
48Además el rey ha dicho así: Bendito sea Jehová Dios de Israel, que ha dado hoy quien se siente en mi trono, viéndolo mis ojos.
49Ellos entonces se estremecieron, y se levantaron todos los convidados que estaban con Adonías, y se fue cada uno por su camino.
50Mas Adonías, temiendo de la presencia de Salomón, se levantó y se fue, y se asió de los cuernos del altar.
51Y se lo hicieron saber a Salomón, diciendo: He aquí que Adonías tiene miedo del rey Salomón, pues se ha asido de los cuernos del altar, diciendo: Júreme hoy el rey Salomón que no matará a espada a su siervo.
52Y Salomón dijo: Si él fuere hombre de bien, ni uno de sus cabellos caerá en tierra; mas si se hallare mal en él, morirá.
53Y envió el rey Salomón, y lo trajeron del altar; y él vino, y se inclinó ante el rey Salomón. Y Salomón le dijo: Vete a tu casa.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
I
Versículo 1
I. Now King David was old - He was probably now about sixty-nine years of age. He was thirty years o…
Now King David was old - He was probably now about sixty-nine years of age. He was thirty years old when he began to reign, reigned forty, and died in the seventieth year of his age, Sa2 5:4, and Kg1 2:11; and the transactions mentioned here are supposed to have taken place about a year before his death.
But he gat no heat - Sixty-nine was not an advanced age; but David had been exhausted with various fatigues, and especially by family afflictions, so that he was much older in constitution than he was in years. Besides he seems to have labored under some wasting maladies, to which there is frequent reference in the Psalms.
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Versículo 2
II. Let there be sought - a young virgin - This was the best remedy which in his state could be presc…
Let there be sought - a young virgin - This was the best remedy which in his state could be prescribed. His nearly exhausted frame would infallibly absorb from her young and healthy body an additional portion of animal heat, and consequently trim and revive the flame of animal life. This is properly, as I have elsewhere expressed it, Friar Bacon's secret for the cure of old age.
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Versículo 4
III. The king knew her not - The maxim of Bacon in his enigmatical cure is, "Take all you can from the…
The king knew her not - The maxim of Bacon in his enigmatical cure is, "Take all you can from the medicine, but give nothing to it; if you give any thing, it increases the disease and hastens death." I have seen this abundantly verified; but it is a subject on which it would be improper to dilate except in a medical work. An extract from Friar Bacon's Cure of Old Age may be found at the end of the chapter.
IV
Versículo 5
IV. Adonijah the son of Haggith - Who this woman was we know not; Adonijah was evidently David's elde…
Adonijah the son of Haggith - Who this woman was we know not; Adonijah was evidently David's eldest son now living, and one of whom his father was particularly fond; see Kg1 1:6.
Prepared him chariots and horsemen - He copied the conduct of his brother Absalom in every respect. See Sa2 15:1.
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Versículo 7
V. And he conferred with Joab - Joab well knew, if he made the new king, he would necessarily be con…
And he conferred with Joab - Joab well knew, if he made the new king, he would necessarily be continued in the command of the army, and so govern him.
VI
Versículo 8
VI. And Nathan - Some suppose that he was the preceptor of Solomon.
And Nathan - Some suppose that he was the preceptor of Solomon.
VII
Versículo 9
VII. Slew sheep and oven - Making a royal feast, in reference to his inauguration. As he had Abiathar …
Slew sheep and oven - Making a royal feast, in reference to his inauguration. As he had Abiathar the priest with him, no doubt these animals were offered sacrificially, and then the guests fed on the flesh of the victims. He had not only a splendid feast, but a great sacrifice; and he gave by this a popular color to his pretensions, by affecting to receive his authority from God.
VIII
Versículo 11
VIII. Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign - He was now considered as being …
Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign - He was now considered as being legally appointed to the regal office, and no doubt was about to begin to perform its functions.
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Versículo 12
IX. Save thine own life, and the life of thy son - Nathan took for granted that Adonijah would put bo…
Save thine own life, and the life of thy son - Nathan took for granted that Adonijah would put both Bath-sheba and Solomon to death as state criminals, if he got established on the throne. O cursed lust of rule! a father will destroy his son, a son depose his father, and a brother murder a brother, in order to obtain a crown! At this time the monarchy of Israel was unsettled; no man knew who was to succeed to the crown, and the minds of the people were as unsettled as the succession. I have examined both systems, and find that, with all its alleged disadvantages, hereditary monarchy has a high balance of evidence in its favor beyond that which is elective, and is every way more safe for the state and more secure for the subject.
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Versículo 13
X. Go and get thee in unto King David - He knew that this woman had a sovereign influence over the k…
Go and get thee in unto King David - He knew that this woman had a sovereign influence over the king. If Bath-sheba was a source of pleasure to David, must she not also have been a source of pain to him? For could he ever forget the guilty manner in which he acquired her?
Didst not thou - swear - It is very likely that David made such an oath, and that was known only to Bath-sheba and Nathan. It is nowhere else mentioned.
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Versículo 20
XI. That thou shouldest tell - who shall sit on the throne - This was a monarchy neither hereditary n…
That thou shouldest tell - who shall sit on the throne - This was a monarchy neither hereditary nor elective; the king simply named his successor. This obtained less or more, anciently, in most countries.
XII
Versículo 21
XII. Shall be counted offenders - When Adonijah and his party shall find that I and my son have had th…
Shall be counted offenders - When Adonijah and his party shall find that I and my son have had this promise from thee by oath, he will slay us both.
XIII
Versículo 28
XIII. Call me Bath-sheba - She had gone out when Nathan came in, and he retired when she was re-admitte…
Call me Bath-sheba - She had gone out when Nathan came in, and he retired when she was re-admitted. Each had a separate audience, but to Nathan the king did not express any will.
XIV
Versículo 33
XIV. Take with you the servants of your lord - By these we may understand the kings guards, the guards…
Take with you the servants of your lord - By these we may understand the kings guards, the guards of the city, the Cherethites and Pelethites, who were under the command of Benaiah; and in short, all the disposable force that was at hand.
Solomon - to ride upon mine own mule - No subject could use any thing that belonged to the prince, without forfeiting his life. As David offered Solomon to ride on his own mule, this was full evidence that he had appointed him his successor.
XV
Versículo 34
XV. Blow ye with the trumpet - After he has been anointed, make proclamation that he is king.
Blow ye with the trumpet - After he has been anointed, make proclamation that he is king.
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Versículo 36
16. Sit upon my throne - The matter of conducting a business of this kind seems to have been this:
Sit upon my throne - The matter of conducting a business of this kind seems to have been this:
1. The king elect was placed on the mule of his predecessor, and caused to ride abroad to one of the public wells, or to a river where there was the greatest concourse of people, that they might see who he was that was appointed. Solomon was here taken to the river Gihon, in order to be anointed; the continual stream or constantly running fountain, denoting the perpetuity of the kingdom.
2. The priest and the prophet anointed him in the name of the Lord; and thereby signified that he should be endued with all the kingly virtues; that he should reign by, under, and for the Lord.
3. The trumpet was then to be blown, and solemn proclamation made, that he was anointed king.
4. He was then brought and solemnly placed on the throne, to signify that he had now assumed the reins of government, and was about to administer justice and judgement to the people.
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Versículo 37
17. Make his throne greater than the throne of - David - A wish of this kind a king will suffer in be…
Make his throne greater than the throne of - David - A wish of this kind a king will suffer in behalf of his son, but it is never in ordinary cases considered a compliment to say, "I hope this child will make a better man than his father," because it seems to insinuate some reflections on his father's conduct or character. Many foolish people deal in such compliments, and they may rest assured, for the reasons given above, that they are far from being either welcome or agreeable.
Claudian, in his panegyric De Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, ver. 428, has words something similar to those of Benaiah, when he describes a father, worn out with toils and difficulties, committing the reins of government to the hands of his son: -
Adspice, completur votum: jam natus adaequat
Te meritis; et, quod magis est optabile, vincit.
"Behold, thy desire is accomplished.
Even now thy son equals thee in worth;
and what is still more desirable, surpasses thee.
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Versículo 39
18. Zadok - took a horn of oil - Pottery and glass were little in use in those times; and horns were …
Zadok - took a horn of oil - Pottery and glass were little in use in those times; and horns were frequently used to hold oil and wine. The oil used here was the holy anointing oil, which was laid up in the tabernacle, and which was used for the anointing of both priests and kings.
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Versículo 40
19. The people piped with pipes - They danced, sang, and played on what instruments of music they pos…
The people piped with pipes - They danced, sang, and played on what instruments of music they possessed.
The earth rent - We use a similar expression in precisely the same sense: They rent the air with their cries.
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Versículo 43
20. Jonathan answered - He was properly a messenger about the court; we have met with him and Ahimaaz…
Jonathan answered - He was properly a messenger about the court; we have met with him and Ahimaaz before, Sa2 15:36. He had now been an observer, if not a spy, on all that was doing, and relates the transactions to Adonijah, in the very order in which they took place.
1. David has nominated Solomon his successor.
2. Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah, have been appointed to set him on the king's mule.
3. They have taken him to Gihon, and anointed him there.
4. They have brought him up to Jerusalem and placed him on the throne of the kingdom.
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Versículo 47
21. Moreover, the king's servants came - The king himself was at this time confined to his own house,…
Moreover, the king's servants came - The king himself was at this time confined to his own house, and probably to his bed, and could not possibly see these ceremonies; therefore his confidential servants came and told him. We know not how Jonathan, in so short a time, possessed himself of so much information.
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Versículo 50
22. Adonijah feared - He knew he had usurped the kingdom, and had not his father's consent; and, as h…
Adonijah feared - He knew he had usurped the kingdom, and had not his father's consent; and, as he finds now that Solomon is appointed by David, he knows well that the people will immediately respect that appointment, and that his case is hopeless; he therefore took sanctuary, and, fleeing to the tabernacle, laid hold on one of the horns of the altar, as if appealing to the protection of God against the violence of men. The altar was a privileged place, and it was deemed sacrilege to molest a man who had taken refuge there. See Kg1 2:28.
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Versículo 52
23. If he will show himself a worthy man - If, from henceforth, he behave well, show himself to be co…
If he will show himself a worthy man - If, from henceforth, he behave well, show himself to be contented, and not endeavor to make partisans, or stir up insurrections among the people, he shall be safe; but if wickedness be found in him - if he act at all contrary to this - he shall die; his blood shall be upon him.
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Versículo 53
24. Go to thine house - Intimating that he should have no place about the king's person, nor under th…
Go to thine house - Intimating that he should have no place about the king's person, nor under the government. Adonijah must have seen that he stood continually on his good behavior.
Friar Bacon's method of restoring and strengthening the Natural Heat
"I have read many volumes of the wise: I find few things in physic which restore the natural heat, weakened by dissolution of the innate moisture, or increase of a foreign one.
"But certain wise men have tacitly made mention of some medicine, which is likened to that which goes out of the mine of the noble animal. They affirm that in it there is a force and virtue which restores and increases the natural heat. As to its disposition, they say it is like youth itself, and contains an equal and temperate complexion.
"And the signs of a temperate complexion in men are when their color is made up of white and red, when the hair is yellow, inclined to redness and curling.
"This medicine indeed is like to such a complexion, for it is of a temperate heat: its flame is temperate and sweet, and grateful to the smell. When it departs from this temperature, it departs so far from its virtue and goodness.
"This medicine therefore temperately heats, because it is temperately hot; it therefore heals because it is whole. When it is sick, it makes a man sick; when it is distempered, it breeds distempers, and changes the body to its own disposition, because of the similitude it has with the body.
"For the infirmity of a brute animal rarely passes into a man, but into another animal of the same kind; but the infirmity of man passes into man; and so does health, because of likeness.
"This thing is seldom found; and although sometimes it be found, yet it cannot commodiously be had of all men.
"Now, when this thing is like to youth, that is, of temperate complexion, it has good operations; if its temperature be better, it produces better effects: sometimes it is even in the highest degree of its perfection, and then it operates best; and then there is that property whereof we have spoken before.
"This differs from other medicines and nutriments, which heat and moisten after a certain temperate manner, and are good for old men. For other medicines principally heat and moisten the body; and, secondarily, they strengthen the native heat, and after that refresh the body, by moistening and heating it. For it brings back this heat in old men, who have it but weakly and deficient, to a certain stronger and more vehement power.
"If a plaster be made hereof, and applied to the stomach, it will help very much, for it will refresh the stomach itself, and excite an appetite; it will very much recreate an old man, and change him to a kind of youth; and will make complexions, by what means soever depraved or corrupted, better. But it is to be observed, that Venus doth weaken and diminish the power and virtue of this thing!
"And it is very likely that the son of the prince, in his second canon of the Operations of Simple Medicines spoke of this thing, where he saith, that there is a certain medicine, concealed by wise men, lest the incontinent should offend their Creator. There is such a heat in this thing, as is in young men of sound complexion; and if I durst declare the properties of this heat, this most hidden secret should presently be revealed. For this heat doth help the palsical, it restores and preserves the wasted strength of the native heat, and causeth it to flourish in all the members, and gently revives the aged.
"But the simple medicine which restores the native heat, when wasted and weakened, is that which is likened to the complexion of a healthy young man."
All this covered and enigmatical description is intended simply to point out that very medicine recommended by the Jewish physicians to restore and invigorate the dying king. I could show the bearing of every sentence, but I must leave something to the good sense of my readers. By attending to the words in italics, the sense will be more easily discovered. See my note on Rut 4:16 (note).
Antiguo Testamento
1 Kings — Capítulo 1
David, grown old, is, by the advice of his physicians, cherished by Abishag the Shunammite, Kg1 1:1-4. Adonijah conspires with Joab and Abiathar to seize on the government, Kg1 1:5-10. Nathan and Bathsheba communicate…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Cuando el rey David era viejo y avanzado en días, le cubrían de ropas, pero no se calentaba.
2Le dijeron, por tanto, sus siervos: Busquen para mi señor el rey una joven virgen, para que esté delante del rey y lo abrigue, y duerma a su lado, y entrará en calor mi señor el rey.
3Y buscaron una joven hermosa por toda la tierra de Israel, y hallaron a Abisag sunamita, y la trajeron al rey.
4Y la joven era hermosa; y ella abrigaba al rey, y le servía; pero el rey nunca la conoció.
5Entonces Adonías hijo de Haguit se rebeló, diciendo: Yo reinaré. Y se hizo de carros y de gente de a caballo, y de cincuenta hombres que corriesen delante de él.
6Y su padre nunca le había entristecido en todos sus días con decirle: ¿Por qué haces así? Además, este era de muy hermoso parecer; y había nacido después de Absalón.
7Y se había puesto de acuerdo con Joab hijo de Sarvia y con el sacerdote Abiatar, los cuales ayudaban a Adonías.
8Pero el sacerdote Sadoc, y Benaía hijo de Joiada, el profeta Natán, Simei, Rei y todos los grandes de David, no seguían a Adonías.
9Y matando Adonías ovejas y vacas y animales gordos junto a la peña de Zohelet, la cual está cerca de la fuente de Rogel, convidó a todos sus hermanos los hijos del rey, y a todos los varones de Judá, siervos del rey;
10pero no convidó al profeta Natán, ni a Benaía, ni a los grandes, ni a Salomón su hermano.
11Entonces habló Natán a Betsabé madre de Salomón, diciendo: ¿No has oído que reina Adonías hijo de Haguit, sin saberlo David nuestro señor?
12Ven pues, ahora, y toma mi consejo, para que conserves tu vida, y la de tu hijo Salomón.
13Ve y entra al rey David, y dile: Rey señor mío, ¿no juraste a tu sierva, diciendo: Salomón tu hijo reinará después de mí, y él se sentará en mi trono? ¿Por qué, pues, reina Adonías?
14Y estando tú aún hablando con el rey, yo entraré tras ti y reafirmaré tus razones.
15Entonces Betsabé entró a la cámara del rey; y el rey era muy viejo, y Abisag sunamita le servía.
16Y Betsabé se inclinó, e hizo reverencia al rey. Y el rey dijo: ¿Qué tienes?
17Y ella le respondió: Señor mío, tú juraste a tu sierva por Jehová tu Dios, diciendo: Salomón tu hijo reinará después de mí, y él se sentará en mi trono.
18Y he aquí ahora Adonías reina, y tú, mi señor rey, hasta ahora no lo sabes.
19Ha matado bueyes, y animales gordos, y muchas ovejas, y ha convidado a todos los hijos del rey, al sacerdote Abiatar, y a Joab general del ejército; mas a Salomón tu siervo no ha convidado.
20Entre tanto, rey señor mío, los ojos de todo Israel están puestos en ti, para que les declares quién se ha de sentar en el trono de mi señor el rey después de él.
21De otra manera sucederá que cuando mi señor el rey duerma con sus padres, yo y mi hijo Salomón seremos tenidos por culpables.
22Mientras aún hablaba ella con el rey, he aquí vino el profeta Natán.
23Y dieron aviso al rey, diciendo: He aquí el profeta Natán; el cual, cuando entró al rey, se postró delante del rey inclinando su rostro a tierra.
24Y dijo Natán: Rey señor mío, ¿has dicho tú: Adonías reinará después de mí, y él se sentará en mi trono?
25Porque hoy ha descendido, y ha matado bueyes y animales gordos y muchas ovejas, y ha convidado a todos los hijos del rey, y a los capitanes del ejército, y también al sacerdote Abiatar; y he aquí, están comiendo y bebiendo delante de él, y han dicho: ¡Viva el rey Adonías!
26Pero ni a mí tu siervo, ni al sacerdote Sadoc, ni a Benaía hijo de Joiada, ni a Salomón tu siervo, ha convidado.
27¿Es este negocio ordenado por mi señor el rey, sin haber declarado a tus siervos quién se había de sentar en el trono de mi señor el rey después de él?
28Entonces el rey David respondió y dijo: Llamadme a Betsabé. Y ella entró a la presencia del rey, y se puso delante del rey.
29Y el rey juró diciendo: Vive Jehová, que ha redimido mi alma de toda angustia,
30que como yo te he jurado por Jehová Dios de Israel, diciendo: Tu hijo Salomón reinará después de mí, y él se sentará en mi trono en lugar mío; que así lo haré hoy.
31Entonces Betsabé se inclinó ante el rey, con su rostro a tierra, y haciendo reverencia al rey, dijo: Viva mi señor el rey David para siempre.
32Y el rey David dijo: Llamadme al sacerdote Sadoc, al profeta Natán, y a Benaía hijo de Joiada. Y ellos entraron a la presencia del rey.
33Y el rey les dijo: Tomad con vosotros los siervos de vuestro señor, y montad a Salomón mi hijo en mi mula, y llevadlo a Gihón;
34y allí lo ungirán el sacerdote Sadoc y el profeta Natán como rey sobre Israel, y tocaréis trompeta, diciendo: ¡Viva el rey Salomón!
35Después iréis vosotros detrás de él, y vendrá y se sentará en mi trono, y él reinará por mí; porque a él he escogido para que sea príncipe sobre Israel y sobre Judá.
36Entonces Benaía hijo de Joiada respondió al rey y dijo: Amén. Así lo diga Jehová, Dios de mi señor el rey.
37De la manera que Jehová ha estado con mi señor el rey, así esté con Salomón, y haga mayor su trono que el trono de mi señor el rey David.
38Y descendieron el sacerdote Sadoc, el profeta Natán, Benaía hijo de Joiada, y los cereteos y los peleteos, y montaron a Salomón en la mula del rey David, y lo llevaron a Gihón.
39Y tomando el sacerdote Sadoc el cuerno del aceite del tabernáculo, ungió a Salomón; y tocaron trompeta, y dijo todo el pueblo: ¡Viva el rey Salomón!
40Después subió todo el pueblo en pos de él, y cantaba la gente con flautas, y hacían grandes alegrías, que parecía que la tierra se hundía con el clamor de ellos.
41Y lo oyó Adonías, y todos los convidados que con él estaban, cuando ya habían acabado de comer. Y oyendo Joab el sonido de la trompeta, dijo: ¿Por qué se alborota la ciudad con estruendo?
42Mientras él aún hablaba, he aquí vino Jonatán hijo del sacerdote Abiatar, al cual dijo Adonías: Entra, porque tú eres hombre valiente, y traerás buenas nuevas.
43Jonatán respondió y dijo a Adonías: Ciertamente nuestro señor el rey David ha hecho rey a Salomón;
44y el rey ha enviado con él al sacerdote Sadoc y al profeta Natán, y a Benaía hijo de Joiada, y también a los cereteos y a los peleteos, los cuales le montaron en la mula del rey;
45y el sacerdote Sadoc y el profeta Natán lo han ungido por rey en Gihón, y de allí han subido con alegrías, y la ciudad está llena de estruendo. Este es el alboroto que habéis oído.
46También Salomón se ha sentado en el trono del reino,
47y aun los siervos del rey han venido a bendecir a nuestro señor el rey David, diciendo: Dios haga bueno el nombre de Salomón más que tu nombre, y haga mayor su trono que el tuyo. Y el rey adoró en la cama.
48Además el rey ha dicho así: Bendito sea Jehová Dios de Israel, que ha dado hoy quien se siente en mi trono, viéndolo mis ojos.
49Ellos entonces se estremecieron, y se levantaron todos los convidados que estaban con Adonías, y se fue cada uno por su camino.
50Mas Adonías, temiendo de la presencia de Salomón, se levantó y se fue, y se asió de los cuernos del altar.
51Y se lo hicieron saber a Salomón, diciendo: He aquí que Adonías tiene miedo del rey Salomón, pues se ha asido de los cuernos del altar, diciendo: Júreme hoy el rey Salomón que no matará a espada a su siervo.
52Y Salomón dijo: Si él fuere hombre de bien, ni uno de sus cabellos caerá en tierra; mas si se hallare mal en él, morirá.
53Y envió el rey Salomón, y lo trajeron del altar; y él vino, y se inclinó ante el rey Salomón. Y Salomón le dijo: Vete a tu casa.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 1
I. Now King David was old - He was probably now about sixty-nine years of age. He was thirty years o…
Versículo 2
II. Let there be sought - a young virgin - This was the best remedy which in his state could be presc…
Versículo 4
III. The king knew her not - The maxim of Bacon in his enigmatical cure is, "Take all you can from the…
Versículo 5
IV. Adonijah the son of Haggith - Who this woman was we know not; Adonijah was evidently David's elde…
Versículo 7
V. And he conferred with Joab - Joab well knew, if he made the new king, he would necessarily be con…
Versículo 8
VI. And Nathan - Some suppose that he was the preceptor of Solomon.
Versículo 9
VII. Slew sheep and oven - Making a royal feast, in reference to his inauguration. As he had Abiathar …
Versículo 11
VIII. Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign - He was now considered as being …
Versículo 12
IX. Save thine own life, and the life of thy son - Nathan took for granted that Adonijah would put bo…
Versículo 13
X. Go and get thee in unto King David - He knew that this woman had a sovereign influence over the k…
Versículo 20
XI. That thou shouldest tell - who shall sit on the throne - This was a monarchy neither hereditary n…
Versículo 21
XII. Shall be counted offenders - When Adonijah and his party shall find that I and my son have had th…
Versículo 28
XIII. Call me Bath-sheba - She had gone out when Nathan came in, and he retired when she was re-admitte…
Versículo 33
XIV. Take with you the servants of your lord - By these we may understand the kings guards, the guards…
Versículo 34
XV. Blow ye with the trumpet - After he has been anointed, make proclamation that he is king.
Versículo 36
16. Sit upon my throne - The matter of conducting a business of this kind seems to have been this:
Versículo 37
17. Make his throne greater than the throne of - David - A wish of this kind a king will suffer in be…
Versículo 39
18. Zadok - took a horn of oil - Pottery and glass were little in use in those times; and horns were …
Versículo 40
19. The people piped with pipes - They danced, sang, and played on what instruments of music they pos…
Versículo 43
20. Jonathan answered - He was properly a messenger about the court; we have met with him and Ahimaaz…
Versículo 47
21. Moreover, the king's servants came - The king himself was at this time confined to his own house,…
Versículo 50
22. Adonijah feared - He knew he had usurped the kingdom, and had not his father's consent; and, as h…
Versículo 52
23. If he will show himself a worthy man - If, from henceforth, he behave well, show himself to be co…
Versículo 53
24. Go to thine house - Intimating that he should have no place about the king's person, nor under th…