Lièwángjìshang 1:1

1 Dàwèi wáng niánjì lǎomaì , suī yòng beì zhēgaì , réng bù jué nuǎn .

Lièwángjìshang 1:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:1

Now King David was old, [and] stricken in years
Was seventy years of age; for he was thirty years of age when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years, ( 2 Samuel 5:4 ) ; this was just the age of man, ( Psalms 90:10 ) ;

and they covered him with clothes;
not wearing apparel, but bed clothes; he seems to have been bedridden and paralytic:

but he got no heat;
by them; having no natural heat in him, clothes could not communicate any to him, only keep the cold from him, see ( Haggai 1:6 ) ; there are many persons at the age he was, that are lively, healthful, and robust, comparatively speaking at least; but David's strength was impaired, and his natural force abated by his many wars, fatigues by night and day in campaigns, and the many sorrows and afflictions he met with from his family and his friends, as well as enemies; which exhausted his natural moisture, weakened his nerves, and drank up his spirits, and brought upon him the infirmities of a decrepit old age very soon.

Lièwángjìshang 1:1 In-Context

1 Dàwèi wáng niánjì lǎomaì , suī yòng beì zhēgaì , réng bù jué nuǎn .

2 Suǒyǐ chénpú duì tā shuō , bù rú wèi wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng xúnzhǎo yī gè chǔnǚ , shǐ tā cìhou wáng , fèng yǎng wáng , shuì zaì wáng de huái zhōng , hǎo jiào wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng dé nuǎn .

3 Yúshì zaì Yǐsèliè quán jìng xúnzhǎo mĕimào de tóngnǚ , xún dé shū niàn de yī gè tóngnǚ yà bǐ shā , jiù daì dào wáng nàli .

4 Zhè tóngnǚ jíqí mĕimào , tā fèng yǎng wáng , cìhou wáng , wáng què méiyǒu yǔ tā qīnjìn .

5 Nàshí , hā jí de érzi yà duō ní yǎ zì zūn , shuō , wǒ bì zuò wáng , jiù wèi zìjǐ yùbeì chēliàng , mǎ bīng , yòu paì wǔ shí rén zaì tā qiántou bēnzǒu .