1 Reis 1:1

Adonias Declara-se Rei

1 Quando o rei Davi envelheceu, estando já de idade bem avançada, cobriam-no de cobertores, mas ele não se aquecia.

1 Reis 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.

1 Reis 1:1 In-Context

1 Quando o rei Davi envelheceu, estando já de idade bem avançada, cobriam-no de cobertores, mas ele não se aquecia.

2 Por isso os seus servos lhe propuseram: “Vamos procurar uma jovem virgem que sirva o rei e cuide dele. Ela se deitará ao seu lado, a fim de aquecê-lo”.

3 Então procuraram em todo o território de Israel uma jovem que fosse bonita e encontraram Abisague, uma sunamita, e a levaram ao rei.

4 A jovem, muito bonita, cuidava do rei e o servia, mas o rei não teve relações com ela.

5 Ora, Adonias, cuja mãe se chamava Hagite, tomou a dianteira e disse: “Eu serei o rei”. Providenciou uma carruagem e cavalos, além de cinquenta homens para correrem à sua frente.