Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 2:24

24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father , and who hath made me an house as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day .

Though Adonijah be my elder Brother, yet I have an undoubted Right and Title to the Crown, and that from the promise and appointment of that God who disposeth of all Kingdoms, and especially this of Israel, to whom he plea[illegible: 1+ letters] eth; and therefore Adonijah in this, and his former Attempt, is guilty of Treason against me, and of Rebellion against God.

Either, 1. who hath given me Posterity, as that Phrase is used, Exod. 1. 21. and elsewhere: for Rehoboam most probably was born before this time; by comparing 1 King. 14. 21. Or rather, 2. who hath Established me in the House and Throne of David: which he thus expresseth, to signifie, that God had fulfilled in and to him that Promise which he made to David, in 2 Sam. 7. 11. where the same Phrase is used, and where it doth not so much signifie the giving of David Posterity, which he had sufficiently before that time; as the settlement of the Crown in him and his Seed.

For he knew delays were dangerous in matters of that Nature.

Marginal references: 2 Sam. 17. 12, 13.