1 Kings 1-2: Generational Curses Broken, Early Stages of Solomon's Heart Revealed, and King David's Last Wishes
As I was reading 1 Kings, I couldn't even get past the first two chapters after being so in awe with God. This is maybe my 2nd or 3rd time reading 1 Kings however, there were certain themes I never saw before. In the first chapter, we are brought to David's deathbed, we know he is soon about to die and has some sort of illness that causes him to be cold all the time? Is he anemic? I have no idea we just know that this causes him to get a young woman, Abishag, to nurse him until he dies. They don't have sex, actually the Bible specifies she had no sexual relations at all, her sole purpose was to care for him and lay next to him, a human blanket almost (haha). Why couldn't his many wives do this? I have no idea! But back to the point...while this is all happening, David's son Adonijah is already conspiring against his sick dad's back telling everyone he is the new king! He basically is taking matters into his own hands to ensure that he is the new king and t