1 Kings 1:8 · World English Bible
1 Kings 1:8 Meaning But Zadok the Priest
But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
What does 1 Kings 1:8 mean?
When one part of a person reaches for the crown too soon, it does not carry the whole personality with it. Adonijah is the restless ambition that wants to rule now, by its own say-so.
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When one part of a person reaches for the crown too soon, it does not carry the whole personality with it. Adonijah is the restless ambition that wants to rule now, by its own say-so. But the deeper faculties, the ones that guide and keep order, do not fall in behind it.
The priest, the prophet, and the seasoned fighters are the mature powers of the mind. They know where real authority lies, and they will not serve a grab the center has not blessed. So the takeover fails: the wisest parts of the person refuse to follow an impulse that crowned itself too soon.
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Live 1 Kings 1:8 today
- When you feel the sudden urge to announce something, send the email, post the plan, make the big declaration, hold it for a day and see if it still wants to be said.
- Before you push your idea through the meeting, ask the two quietest people what they think. If they will not back it, that is information, not an obstacle.
- Under pressure, when you want to act right now just to feel in control, choose the one step you would still take if nobody were watching. Do that and nothing more.
What part of me is trying to run my life today without the rest of me agreeing?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching 24
Whoever stands on tiptoe to be seen does not stand long. The one who promotes himself gets no real standing at all.
Hinduism · Bhagavad Gita 6
The mind can be your closest friend or your worst enemy. Until the deeper self has mastered it, every impulse crowns itself and drags you along.
Stoicism · Seneca
No wind is the right wind for a ship with no harbor in mind. An eager push with no settled direction only takes you further off.
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