Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Had not displeased him - i. e. "His father had never checked or thwarted him all his life."
A very goodly man - Here, too, Adonijah resembled Absalom II Samuel 14:25. The Jews, like the other nations of antiquity, regarded the physical qualities of rulers as of great importance, and wished their kings to be remarkable for strength, stature, and beauty I Samuel 9:2. Adonijah' s personal advantages no doubt helped to draw the people to him.
His mother ... - i. e. Haggith bare Adonijah after Maacah bare Absalom II Samuel 3:3-4. The words in italics are not in the original; hence, some, by a slight alteration, read "David begat him."
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 1:6:
2 Chronicles 11:23
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