Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 1:42
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1 Kings1:42
42 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.
Who it seems was left at Ierusalem for a Spy, as he had formerly been under Absalom.
Or; a man of vertue or worth, as this Hebrew word is used, Prov. 12. 4. and therefore an happy man, and hast good news for thy self and us. Compare 2 Sam. 18. 27.
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