- Get hold of the story. Who supported Adonijah, and who supported Solomon, and by what mean s was Adonijah’s attempt to seize the throne frustrated?
What can we learn about the character of each of these men? - This is the last mention of Nathan in Scripture.
In his action here and also in 2 Sam. 7 and 12 how does he exemplify by his faithful and disinterested conduct our duty as servants of God?
Notes.
- Verse 5. Adonijah, as David’s eldest surviving son (see 2 Sam. 3:4), had a claim to recognition (see 1Kgs. 2:15).
At the same time this might be overrules by the king (verses 20 and 27). - Verses 52, 53. Solomon spares Adonijah on certain conditions, but commands him to withdraw from public affairs.