The Meaning of 1 Kings 1:4 Explained

1 Kings 1:4

KJV: And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

YLT: and the young woman is very very fair, and she is to the king a companion, and serveth him, and the king hath not known her.

Darby: And the damsel was very fair; and cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.

ASV: And the damsel was very fair; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the damsel  [was] very  fair,  and cherished  the king,  and ministered  to him: but the king  knew  her not. 

What does 1 Kings 1:4 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 1:1-14 - A Self-Seeker's Scheme
Adonijah was the fourth son of David, but probably the oldest of those who survived. He was born after Absalom, and like him was goodly in appearance, ambitious in spirit, and equally spoiled by his father's indulgence, 1 Kings 1:6. His attempt to usurp the kingdom reminds us of another great usurper. Satan, we know, in one last desperate effort, will try to secure the empire of the world. But when the people rage and the rulers devise, Psalms 2:1-2; Psalms 2:4, Heaven will laugh at them. The Lamb that was slain is the destined King of men, Revelation 11:15. The book of destiny is in the pierced hand. The government is upon Christ's shoulders. He declares the decree, "The Lord saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool," Psalms 110:1.
We look out on the world which is rent by revolt. The prince of this world is attracting to himself the Joabs and Abiathars. They make merry, but do not realize that the hour is at hand when they shall cry to the rocks and the hills to fall on them and hide them from the wrath of the Lamb, Revelation 6:16. Remember the counsel of Augustine, "If you would flee from God, flee to Him!"
1 Kings 1:1-53 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 1

1  Abishag cherishes David in his extreme age
5  Adonijah, David's darling, usurps the kingdom
11  By the council of Nathan
15  Bathsheba moves the king
22  And Nathan seconds her
28  David renews his oath to Bathsheba
32  Solomon, by David's appointment,
38  being anointed king by Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph
41  Jonathan bringing the news, Adonijah's guests fly
50  Adonijah, flying to the horns of the altar, is dismissed by Solomon

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 1:4 mean?

And the young woman [was] lovely very very and she for the king cared and served him but the king not did know her
וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה יָפָ֣ה עַד־ מְאֹ֑ד וַתְּהִ֨י לַמֶּ֤לֶךְ סֹכֶ֙נֶת֙ וַתְּשָׁ֣רְתֵ֔הוּ וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֹ֥א יְדָעָֽהּ

וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה  And  the  young  woman  [was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַעֲרָה  
Sense: girl, damsel, female servant.
יָפָ֣ה  lovely 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: יָפֶה  
Sense: fair, beautiful, handsome.
עַד־  very 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
מְאֹ֑ד  very 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מְאֹד  
Sense: exceedingly, much subst.
וַתְּהִ֨י  and  she 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לַמֶּ֤לֶךְ  for  the  king 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
סֹכֶ֙נֶת֙  cared 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: סָכַן 
Sense: to be of use or service or profit or benefit.
וַתְּשָׁ֣רְתֵ֔הוּ  and  served  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁרַת  
Sense: (Piel) to minister, serve, minister to.
וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ  but  the  king 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
יְדָעָֽהּ  did  know  her 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.

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