1 Kings - 2:1 Meaning
“Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,”
King James Version (KJV)
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
2:1-4 David's charge to Solomon is, to keep the charge of the Lord. The authority of a dying father is much, but nothing to that of a living God. God promised David that the Messiah should come from his descendants, and that promise was absolute; but the promise, that there should not fail of them a man on the throne of Israel, was conditional; if he walks before God in sincerity, with zeal and resolution: in order hereunto, he must take heed to his way.
“And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.”
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