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1 Kings 1

1 Kings 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
was old
zaqen (Hebrew #2204)
to be old
KJV usage: aged man, be (wax) old (man).
Pronounce: zaw-kane'
Origin: a primitive root
and βstricken
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
in years
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
; and they covered
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
him with clothes
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
, but he gat no heat
yacham (Hebrew #3179)
probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive
KJV usage: get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.
Pronounce: yaw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
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β
entered into days.

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Ministry on This Verse

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The First Book of the KINGS, commonly called The Third Book of the KINGS.
1-4:  Abishag cherishes David in his extreme age.
5-10:  Adonijah, David's darling, usurps the kingdom.
11-14:  By the council of Nathan,
15-21:  Bath-sheba moves the king,
22-27:  and Nathan seconds her.
28-31:  David renews his oath to Bath-sheba.
32-40:  Solomon, by David's appointment, being anointed king by Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph.
41-49:  Jonathan bringing the news, Adonijah's guests fly.
50-53:  Adonijah, flying to the horns of the altar, upon his good behaviour, is dismissed by Solomon.old.David was probably now about sixty-nine years of age.
He was thirty years old when he began to reign, reigned forty, and died in his seventieth year; and the transactions mentioned here are supposed to have taken place about a year before his death.
Sixty-nine was not an advanced age; but he had been exhausted with various fatigues, and especially family afflictions, so that he was much older in constitution than in years.
2 Sam. 5:4• 4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. (2 Sam. 5:4)
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1 Chron. 23:1• 1So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. (1 Chron. 23:1)
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1 Chron. 29:27‑28• 27And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
 28And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. (1 Chron. 29:27‑28)
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Psa. 90:10• 10The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (Psa. 90:10)
and stricken in years.
Heb. and entered into days.
Gen. 18:11• 11Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. (Gen. 18:11)
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Gen. 24:1• 1And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. (Gen. 24:1)
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Josh. 23:1‑2• 1And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
 2And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: (Josh. 23:1‑2)
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Luke 1:7• 7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. (Luke 1:7)
• The king established by God is a responsible man. This responsibility, which will rest upon Christ with all its glorious and blessed consequences, leads necessarily to the ruin of weak, sinful men when placed in their hands. The two Books of Kings therefore present the ruin of royalty in the hands of man and its definitive judgment. (“Meditations on 1 Kings-Introduction: Introduction” by H.L. Rossier)
• The two Books of Chronicles show us the royalty in another aspect. They narrate the history of the house of David from the point of view of grace. (“Meditations on 1 Kings-Introduction: Introduction” by H.L. Rossier)
• In contrast, the two Books of Kings retrace the history of the kings of Israel, introducing those of Judah only as landmarks in the account, or to bring out the mutual relationships of the two dynasties. (“Meditations on 1 Kings-Introduction: Introduction” by H.L. Rossier)
• Samuel inaugurated the series of prophets whom we see laboring in the books before us (Acts 3:24). In these dark days the prophet became, in place of the king, the link between the people and God. He was the messenger of the Word; to him were confided the thoughts of God. (“Meditations on 1 Kings-Introduction: Introduction” by H.L. Rossier)
• Second Samuel presents the establishment of the kingdom of Israel by David; the opening of First Kings shows us this kingdom definitely established by Solomon. It should be noted that the rule of Solomon forms one continuous whole with that of David. The death of the aged king did not cause even a momentary interruption, Solomon having sat upon the throne of his father during David’s lifetime. (“Meditations on 1 Kings-Introduction: Introduction” by H.L. Rossier)
• Apart from the period of David’s afflictions these counsels have not yet been fully realized, but they shall be during the Millennium when the Lord shall be established upon His throne as King of Israel and of the nations. (“Meditations on 1 Kings-Introduction: Introduction” by H.L. Rossier)
• At the time our account begins, King David was about seventy years old. He was far from having reached extreme old age, but a life of sufferings, conflict, and grief wears at the strength of even the most robust of men, so that the king “was old and advanced in age.” (“Solomon: Adonijah?s Rebellion: 1 Kings 1” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And king David was old and advanced in agea; and they covered him with clothes, but he obtained no warmth.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "days."