The Meaning of 1 Kings 2:19 Explained

1 Kings 2:19

KJV: Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

YLT: And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto king Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king riseth to meet her, and boweth himself to her, and sitteth on his throne, and placeth a throne for the mother of the king, and she sitteth at his right hand.

Darby: And Bathsheba went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne; and he caused a throne to be set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand.

ASV: Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

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What is the context of 1 Kings 2:19?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

What does 1 Kings 2:19 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 2:10-25 - A Foolish And Fatal Petition

So David's troubled life came to a close, but he has never ceased to lead the praises of the saints.

At the very beginning of his reign Solomon was confronted by a difficult problem. There was so close a connection in public opinion between the title to the crown and the possession of a deceased monarch's harem, that it would have been impossible to grant Adonijah's request without giving strong encouragement to his pretensions. Solomon treated Bathsheba with profound respect, but his love for her did not blind him to his duty to his realm, Proverbs 20:26.

Notice that solemn declaration, "As Jehovah liveth," 1 Kings 2:24. It was common to the godly of those days. See 1 Kings 17:1. They would not use the phrase lightly nor flippantly, but with a profound realization of standing in the presence of God. Let us recall those words of our Lord, "As the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father," John 6:57, and let us draw daily on His life, so that we may live-yet not we, but he in us and we in Him, Galatians 2:20.

1 Kings 2:1-46 - 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 2

¹ David, having given a charge to Solomon
³ of Reverence
⁵ of Joab
⁷ of Barzillai
⁸ of Shimei
¹⁰ Solomon succeeds
¹² Adonijah, moving Bathsheba to ask unto Solomon for Abishag,
¹³ is put to death
²⁶ Abiathar, having his life given him, is deprived of the priesthood
²⁸ Joab fleeing to the horns of the altar, is there slain
³⁵ Benaiah is put in Joab's room, and Zadfok in Abiathar's
³⁶ Shimei, confined to Jerusalem, by occasion of going to Gath, is put to death

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 2:19 mean?

Therefore went in Bathsheba to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah And rose up the king to meet her and bowed down to her and sat down on his throne and had set a throne for mother of the king so she sat at his right hand

וַתָּבֹ֤א בַת־ שֶׁ֙בַע֙ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה לְדַבֶּר־ ל֖וֹ עַל־ אֲדֹנִיָּ֑הוּ וַיָּקָם֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ לִקְרָאתָ֜הּ וַיִּשְׁתַּ֣חוּ לָ֗הּ וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ עַל־ כִּסְא֔וֹ וַיָּ֤שֶׂם כִּסֵּא֙ לְאֵ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַתֵּ֖שֶׁב לִֽימִינֽוֹ

וַתָּבֹ֤א	Therefore went
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
שֶׁ֙בַע֙	Bathsheba
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: בַּת־שֶׁבַע Sense: the wife of Uriah whom David had murdered, having had adulterous relations with her; subsequently wife of David and mother of Solomon, Shimea, Shobab, and Nathan.
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ	King
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king.
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה	Solomon
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שְׁלֹמֹה Sense: son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs.
לְדַבֶּר־	to speak
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct Root: דָּבַר Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
ל֖וֹ	to him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
אֲדֹנִיָּ֑הוּ	Adonijah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲדֹונִיָּה Sense: fourth son of David and Solomon’s rival for the throne.
וַיָּקָם֩	And rose up
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: קוּם Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ	the king
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king.
לִקְרָאתָ֜הּ	to meet her
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person feminine singular Root: קָרָא Sense: to encounter, befall, meet.
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֣חוּ	and bowed down
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁחָה Sense: to bow down.
לָ֗הּ	to her
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙	and sat down
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָשַׁב Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
כִּסְא֔וֹ	his throne
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: כִּסֵּא Sense: seat (of honour), throne, seat, stool.
וַיָּ֤שֶׂם	and had set
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שׂוּמָה Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
כִּסֵּא֙	a throne
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: כִּסֵּא Sense: seat (of honour), throne, seat, stool.
לְאֵ֣ם	for mother
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: אֵם Sense: mother.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	of the king
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king.
וַתֵּ֖שֶׁב	so she sat
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: יָשַׁב Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
לִֽימִינֽוֹ	at his right hand
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: יָמִין Sense: right, right hand, right side.

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