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1 Kings 1

1 R. 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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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.
and stricken in years.
Heb. and entered into days.
 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."