Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
David was now old and far advanced in years, reduced to extreme physical weakness and frailty. Though his attendants covered him with clothes, his body could generate no warmth. His strength had been drained by a lifetime of long hardships and wars, followed by the heavy cares of his later reign. Yet while his body failed, his mind remained clear and discerning. In his feebleness he desired seclusion and withdrew from public affairs, so news of what was passing in the kingdom reached him slowly, and in that unguarded interval Adonijah was able to develop his rebellion for the throne.
David was now old and far advanced in years, reduced to extreme physical weakness and frailty. Though his attendants covered him with clothes, his body could generate no warmth. His strength had been drained by a lifetime of long hardships and wars, followed by the heavy cares of his later reign. Yet while his body failed, his mind remained clear and discerning. In his feebleness he desired seclusion and withdrew from public affairs, so news of what was passing in the kingdom reached him slowly, and in that unguarded interval Adonijah was able to develop his rebellion for the throne.