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key theme: Irresponsible leadership destroys nations
KEY VERSE:
THE KINGDOM PROTECTED (1: 1-2:46)
2. Adonijah’s presumption (5)
a. Exalted himself: 2 Samuel 3:2–5 describes the sons of David and lists Adonijah as the fourth son.
We know that two of the three sons older than Adonijah are dead (Amnon and Absalom), and we suspect that the other older son (Chileab) either also died or was unfit to rule because he is never mentioned after 2 Samuel 3:3.
As the oldest living son of David, by many customs Adonijah would be considered the heir to the throne.
But the throne of Israel was not left only to the rules of hereditary succession; God determined the next king.
i. Adonijah violated a basic principle in the Scriptures—that we should let God exalt us and not exalt ourselves.
For exaltation comes neither from the east
Nor from the west nor from the south.
But God is the Judge: He puts down one,
And exalts another.
(Psalm 75:6–7)
Humble yourselves in the sight of the LORD, and He will lift you up.
(James 4:10)
b.
He prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him: Adonijah had a good marketing campaign, and he knew how to present himself as king.
He hoped that if he put forth the image of a king, he would become king in reality.
i. “In effect this was a personal military force designed to anticipate Solomon’s claim by a coup d’etat.
(Out) runners were part of a close royal bodyguard.”
(Wiseman)
ii.
Adonijah was the brother of Absalom, and a look at 2 Samuel 15:1 shows, “He copied the conduct of his brother Absalom in every respect.”
(Clarke)
3. Adonijah’s character (6)
a.
His father had not rebuked him at any time: Sadly, David did not do a very good job raising his own sons.
David failed to restrain his passions in some areas of his life; his sons showed a much greater inability to restrain their passions.
In part this was because David did not discipline his own sons well.
i.
David did not seem to have a very good relationship with his father (1 Samuel 16:11).
The godly influence in his life seems to be more from his mother than from his father.
Twice in the Psalms he refers to his mother as a maidservant of the LORD (Psalm 86:16 and 116:16).
It is likely that David did not have a good example of parenting from his father.
ii.
Yet, this does not excuse David’s deficiencies as a father.
He knew how his Heavenly Father treated him—how he was comforted and helped by the correcting rod and staff of his Shepherd (Psalm 23:4).
He could have learned how to be a good father from his Father in heaven.
Even before it was written, David could have known the counsel of Proverbs 29:17: Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your soul.
iii.
“David was ever too fond a father, and he smarted for it.”
(Trapp)
b.
He was also very good-looking: David was a handsome man and was attracted to beautiful women.
It doesn’t surprise us that David’s children were very good-looking.
This gave them an unfair and unfortunate advantage.
4. Adonijah’s banquet (7–10)
a.
They followed and helped Adonijah: Sadly, Joab (David’s chief general) and Abiathar (the high priest of Israel) each supported Adonijah.
They did not consult the LORD or David in giving their support to this unworthy son of David.
i.
It is sad to see these once trusted associates of David turning against him late in his life.
Joab may have sought revenge for David’s choice of Amasa over him (2 Samuel 19:13), and because Benaiah now had more authority over military affairs.
Abiathar might have been jealous of Zadok the high priest (2 Samuel 8:17).
“Professional rivalry had darkened into bitter hate.”
(Maclaren)
ii.
“Joab, the most powerful of Adonijah’s supporters, had always been fiercely loyal to David, but not to David’s wishes.
In supporting Adonijah’s pretentions to the throne, Joab was acting characteristically.”
(Patterson and Austel)
iii.
“Joab and Abiathar tarnished a life’s devotion and broke sacred bonds, because they thought of themselves rather than of God’s will.”
(Maclaren)
b.
Nathan … Zadok … and the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah: Fortunately, there were some prominent people in Israel who did not support Adonijah.
c. Sacrificed sheep and oxen and fattened cattle: The idea is that Adonijah would burn the fat of these animals as a sacrifice to the LORD, and he would use the meat to hold a dinner honoring and blessing his supporters.
i.
Yet it was important that this was both a sacrifice and a feast.
“He had not only a splendid feast, but a great sacrifice; and he gave by this a popular colour to his pretensions, by affecting to receive his authority from God.” (Clarke)
B. Nathan and Bathsheba intercede for Solomon [1:11–27]
1. Nathan tells his plan to Bathsheba (11–14)
a.
And David our LORD does not know it: This shows both the wrong of Adonijah’s attempt to take the throne and how far removed from power David really was.
He didn’t know what was going on around him in the kingdom.
b.
That you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon: Nathan knew that if Adonijah became king he would immediately kill every potential rival to his throne, including Bathsheba and Solomon.
c.
Your son Solomon shall reign after me: David made this promise to Bathsheba.
The specific promise is not recorded before, but we know from 1 Chronicles 22:5–9 that David did in fact intend for Solomon to succeed him as king.
i.
It was a remarkable display of grace—that a son of the wife David took through adultery and murder in the most infamous scandal of his life should become his heir to the throne.
d.
While you are still talking there with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words: Nathan knew that David was generally indulgent towards his sons and would find it hard to believe that Adonijah would do such a thing.
He arranged it so the message would be presented in a convincing way.
2.THE KINGDOM ENRICHED(3:1-10:29)
A. God gives Solomon wisdom [3:1–15]
1. Solomon marries an Egyptian princess (1)
a. Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and married Pharaoh’s daughter: Marriage to fellow royalty was a common political strategy in the ancient world, and continues to the modern age.
It was not only because royalty wanted to marry other royalty, but also because conflict between nations were then avoided for the sake of family ties.
i.
This was not Solomon’s first marriage.
1 Kings 14:21 tells us that his son Rehoboam came to the throne when he was 41 years old, and 1 Kings 11:42 tells us that Solomon reigned 40 years.
This means that Rehoboam was born to his mother—a wife of Solomon named Naamah the Amonitess—before he came to the throne and before he married this daughter of Pharaoh.
ii.
Solomon’s multiple marriages—and marriages to foreign women—will cause a great disaster in his life.
Later in the Book of Nehemiah, Nehemiah was angry and frustrated because the people of Israel married with the pagan nations around them.
In rebuking the guilty, Nehemiah remembered Solomon’s bad example: So I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things?
Yet among many nations there was no king like him, who was beloved of his God; and God made him king over all Israel.
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