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There is something I found interesting recently, and by that I mean in my 1 Kings class this morning, and that is the similarities between 1 Kings 1 and Genesis 27 involving Jacob stealing the blessing from Esau and Solomon being made King instead of Adonijah.
Firstly is the portrayal of Isaac and David
Isaac: Old and loss of vision (Genesis 27:1)
David: Old, Very Old, (1 Kings 1:1, 15)
Adonijah: Fourth Eldest son, after Amnon, Chileab/Daniel, and Absalom. Absalom and Amnon are dead, and Chileab is not really mentioned aside from once in 2 Samuel 3, and is called Daniel only once in 1 Chronicles 3, but nowhere else. Either way Adonijah was the rightful inheritor of the Kingdom by the customs of those days (1 Kings
Esau: Older brother and rightful inheritor of Isaac's blessing (Genesis 27:1)
Solomon: Younger brother being at least the 10th child by 1 Chronicles 3, and 2 Samuel 5
Jacob: The younger brother
Both have a name change but are usually referred to by their original name
Solomon/Jedidiah (2 Samuel 12)
Jacob/Israel (Genesis 32)
**Jacob is called Israel later in Genesis but his name Jacob is not totally abandoned either, he is still called Jacob as well as Israel in the following Genesis narratives
Kings: Nathan the prophet tells Bathsheba to question David about an oath he made that Solomon would be kings (which he didn't btw), and Nathan would come and verify her words, but Bathsheba goes in and speaks directed statements and adds the Divine Name (1 Kings 1:11-27, and 1 Kings 1:17)
Genesis: Isaac saying "I will give you my blessing" (Genesis 27:2), and Rebekah adds the divine name to Jacob (Genesis 27:7)
Nathan and Bathsheba end up tricking David and Solomon becomes king
Rebekah and Jacob end up tricking Isaac and Jacob gets the blessing.
It is an interesting parallel about this issue, and a further study of Jacob and Solomon would be interesting, paralleling Solomon's fall because of pride and Jacob's elevation because of humility.
Firstly is the portrayal of Isaac and David
Isaac: Old and loss of vision (Genesis 27:1)
David: Old, Very Old, (1 Kings 1:1, 15)
Adonijah: Fourth Eldest son, after Amnon, Chileab/Daniel, and Absalom. Absalom and Amnon are dead, and Chileab is not really mentioned aside from once in 2 Samuel 3, and is called Daniel only once in 1 Chronicles 3, but nowhere else. Either way Adonijah was the rightful inheritor of the Kingdom by the customs of those days (1 Kings
Esau: Older brother and rightful inheritor of Isaac's blessing (Genesis 27:1)
Solomon: Younger brother being at least the 10th child by 1 Chronicles 3, and 2 Samuel 5
Jacob: The younger brother
Both have a name change but are usually referred to by their original name
Solomon/Jedidiah (2 Samuel 12)
Jacob/Israel (Genesis 32)
**Jacob is called Israel later in Genesis but his name Jacob is not totally abandoned either, he is still called Jacob as well as Israel in the following Genesis narratives
Kings: Nathan the prophet tells Bathsheba to question David about an oath he made that Solomon would be kings (which he didn't btw), and Nathan would come and verify her words, but Bathsheba goes in and speaks directed statements and adds the Divine Name (1 Kings 1:11-27, and 1 Kings 1:17)
Genesis: Isaac saying "I will give you my blessing" (Genesis 27:2), and Rebekah adds the divine name to Jacob (Genesis 27:7)
Nathan and Bathsheba end up tricking David and Solomon becomes king
Rebekah and Jacob end up tricking Isaac and Jacob gets the blessing.
It is an interesting parallel about this issue, and a further study of Jacob and Solomon would be interesting, paralleling Solomon's fall because of pride and Jacob's elevation because of humility.
