Verse 28
DAVID NAMED SOLOMON AS HIS SUCCESSOR IMMEDIATELY
"Then king David answered and said, Call to me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. And the king sware, and said, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, verily, as I sware unto thee by Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verily so will I do this day. Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever."
By David's sending for Bathsheba, it is evident that when the prophet Nathan came in she had retired from the king's presence.
Zadok would soon be named High Priest by Solomon. We reject the popular theory of some liberal commentators who identify him as, "A priest-king in the pre-Davidic Jebusite period of Jerusalem's history."[6] He was a descendant of Aaron, just like Abiathar, his ancestor having been Eleazar (1 Chronicles 24:3), whereas Abiathar was descended through Ithamar.
The support which Abiathar gave Adonijah here resulted in his removal from the priesthood, just as God had prophesied regarding the descendants of Eli.
SOLOMON BECAME CO-REGENT WITH DAVID
What is revealed here is of very great importance, because it removes forever any possibility of understanding key passages in 2 Samuel 7 as having any application whatever to Solomon. The Great One prophesied there was to be raised up at a time after David slept with his fathers, but Solomon actually became a co-regent with David during his lifetime. So Solomon was not the Great One of 2 Samuel 7.
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