While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. And Adonijah said, “Come in, for you are a worthy man and bring good news.”
A man stuffing himself at table while his rival is crowned, there is the picture of the godless everywhere. They gorge and grow confident while their house burns; the old world ate and drank secure until judgment fell. Adonijah's long feast shows how little he feared what was coming, yet fear should have gripped him the moment the trumpet sounded.
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Commenting on 1 Kings 1:41-53
And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came,.... Whom his father had left in the city, to observe what passed there, and give him notice of it: and Adonijah said unto him, come in, for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings; which seems to be not a very wise speech, as if there was a connection...
And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou [art] a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. (q) He praised Jonathan, thinking to have heard good news but God wrought things contrary to his expectation, and so beat down his pride.