Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.
We have here, I. The tidings of Solomon's inauguration brought to Adonijah and his party, in the midst of their jollity: They had made an end of eating, and, it should seem, it was a great while before they made an end, for all the affair of Solomon's anointing was ordered and finished while they were at dinner, glutting themselves.
Commenting on 1 Kings 1:41-53
And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. Where he was placed to exercise his regal power when returned to Jerusalem, as a further token and confirmation of his being really and actually king. And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
1Ki 1:43-48 Jonathan replied: אבל, “yea but,” corresponding to the Latin imo vero, an expression of assurance with a slight doubt, and then related that Solomon had been anointed king by David’s command, and the city was in a joyous state of excitement in consequence (תּהם as in Rth 1:19), and that he had even ascended the throne, that the servants of the king had...
Commenting on 1 Kings 1:43-48