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Jonathan replied: אֲבָל, “yea but,” corresponding to the Latin imo vero, an expression of assurance with a slight doubt, and then related that Solomon had been anointed king by David's command, and the city was in a joyous state of excitement in consequence (תֵּהֹם as in Rth 1:19), and that he had even ascended the throne, that the servants of the king had blessed David for it, and that David himself had worshipped and praised Jehovah the God of Israel that he had lived to see his son ascend the throne. The repetition of וְגַם three times (1Ki 1:46-48) gives emphasis to the words, since every new point which is introduced with וְגַם raises the thing higher and higher towards absolute certainty. The fact related in 1Ki 1:47 refers to the words of Benaiah in 1Ki 1:36 and 1Ki 1:37. The Chethib אֱלֹהֶיךָ is the correct reading, and the Keri אֱלֹהִים an unnecessary emendation. The prayer to God, with thanksgiving for the favour granted to him, was offered by David after the return of his anointed son Solomon to the royal palace; so that it ought strictly to have been mentioned after 1Ki 1:40. The worship of grey-headed David upon the bed recalls to mind the worship of the patriarch Jacob after making known his last will (Gen 47:31).