Melachim I (I Kings) – Chapter 1 (

4 And the young girl was very beautiful, and she was a warmer to the king, and she ministered to him, but the king did not know her. // Wink, wink. ”to know” Biblically always meant /means sexual intimacy. If every Jewish commentator agrees, and everyone who reads these lines ‘knows’ what is meant, why not just say it out-loud? Why the metaphor?

5 And Adoniahu the son of Haggith exalted himself saying: ‘I will be king,’ and he made for himself chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run before him. //Adoniahu, is one of King David’s many (many) sons. How was he able to get the small army so quickly without the fear of death for treason for those that joined him?

6 And his father had not angered him all his days saying, “Why have you done so?” And he too was of very handsome appearance, and she bore him after Absalom. //The (writer) goes out of his (doubtful it was a her), but anyway, the writer goes out of his way to mention that Adoniahu was not the first born son of King David, and yet oddly, *for why do looks matter?*, points out that Adoniahu was ‘very handsome’. By the standards of the time I suppose. Was there an ancient GQ?