1 Kings 1:48

48 and prayed, 'Blessed be God, Israel's God, who has provided a successor to my throne, and I've lived to see it!'"

1 Kings 1:48 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:48

And also thus said the king
Being in a proper posture for an address to God:

blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, which hath given [one] to sit on
my throne this day, mine eyes seeing [it];
he ascribes this whole affair to God, and his kind providence, though all things were done according to his own orders; and gives thanks to him, who had directed him to take such steps as these were, and that the business was finished without any obstruction, and to the great joy and satisfaction of the people; and that there was such a prospect of Solomon's having a happy and peaceable reign.

1 Kings 1:48 In-Context

46 Here's the crowning touch - Solomon is seated on the throne of the kingdom!
47 And that's not all: The king's servants have come to give their blessing to our master King David saying, 'God make Solomon's name even more honored than yours, and make his rule greater than yours!' On his death bed the king worshiped God
48 and prayed, 'Blessed be God, Israel's God, who has provided a successor to my throne, and I've lived to see it!'"
49 Panicked, Adonijah's guests got out of there, scattering every which way.
50 But Adonijah himself, afraid for his life because of Solomon, fled to the sanctuary and grabbed the horns of the Altar.
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