1 Kings 2:22

“And King Solomon answered and said unto his mother, etc.] With as much gentleness and mildness as he could, but inwardly fired at her request, and amazed at it, and could not forbear using some degree of tartness and resentment: and why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? is this a small petition? is this a fit and lawful one? ask for him the kingdom also; for this is what he means by it, that by marrying the king’s widow he may step into the throne whenever any opportunity offers, as any uneasiness, or insurrection in the kingdom, or the death of Solomon; for none but a king, the Jews say f28, might marry a king’s widow, not any private man; and therefore for Adonijah to ask…”

“why dost thou ask Abishag . . . ask for him the kingdom also--(See on Sa2 16:5; also see on Sa2 12:8). Solomon's indignation was roused; he in a moment penetrated the artful scheme, and from his associating the names of Abiathar and Joab, he seems to have suspected or known that those deep schemers had been the prompters of Adonijah.”

“Ask for him the kingdom also - Bath-sheba had not seen anything dangerous or suspicious in Adonijah’s request. Solomon, on the contrary, takes alarm at once. To ask for Abishag was to ask for the kingdom. To the Oriental mind a monarch was so sacred, that whatever was brought near to him was thenceforth separate from common use. This sacred and separate character attached especially to the Royal harem. The inmates either remained widows for the rest of their lives, or became the wives of the deceased king’s successor. When a monarch was murdered, or dethroned, or succeeded by one whose title was doubtful, the latter alternative was almost always adopted (compare 2 Samuel 12:8; 2 Samuel…”

“2:22-25 Because Adonijah violated his terms of submission to Solomon (1:52-53), the king ordered Benaiah (see 1:8, 26, 38) to execute him.”

“why dost: Mat 20:22; Mar 10:38; Jam 4:3 the kingdom: Kg1 1:5-7, Kg1 1:11, Kg1 1:24, Kg1 1:25 3 Kings (1 Kings) 2:23”