18And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
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The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-25)Here is, I. Solomon’s accession to the throne, 1 Kgs. 2:12. He came to it much more easily and peaceably than David did, and much sooner saw his government established. It is happy for a kingdom when the end of one good reign is the beginning of another, as it was here. II. His just and necessary removal of Adonijah his rival, in order to the establishment of his throne. Adonijah had made some bol…
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