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While Adoniyah is celebrating, Nathan knows he has to act quickly, or Adoniyah could very well end up becoming king. He rushes to Bathsheba and tells her to inform David that Adoniyah has declared himself king. This wasn’t really true, but Nathan thought that’s what happened. Nathan then coaches Bathsheba, giving her the exact words […]

You know what I find inspiring about Solomon becoming king? He was the least likely of all to become Israel’s next ruler. He was the youngest of David’s living sons. The Hebrew sages say he was only 12 years old at this time. I think that’s a stretch. He was probably between 17 and 19. But still […]

While Adoniyah was partying like there was no tomorrow, the Lord thrust Nathan into the middle of all the ruckus. Why? He was to be the Lord’s anointed tool to frustrate Adoniyah’s plans to become king. This leads us to a Torah principle we’d be wise to remind ourselves of: “When you have entered the […]

So Adoniyah is throwing a party to celebrate his future kingship…or so he thinks. The banquet was taking place right outside the fortress walls that surrounded the City of David. The area was only about 300 meters down the hill in the southern part of the town. The point being, not only was this celebration […]

Let’s have some fun today with a little quiz. I’m going to name one by one the cast of characters who appear in 1 Kings Chapter 1. And then I want you to tell me whether you think they are shady as hell… Or cool with the Lord. Ya feel me? Alrighty, let’s get started. […]