1 Kings 2:23

And King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if it be not that Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

In Context

22And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why hast thou asked Abishag for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother, and he has for his companion Abiathar the priest, and Joab the son of Zeruiah the commander-in-chief.

24And now as the Lord lives who has established me, and set me on the throne of my father David, and he has made me a house, as the Lord spoke, this day shall Adonijah be put to death.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:44And Saul said to him, God do so to me, and more also, thou shalt surely die today.

2 Samuel 3:35And all the people assembled to weep for him. And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day: and David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I eat bread or anything else before the sun goes down.

1 Kings 19:2And Jezebel sent to Elijah, and said, If thou art Elijah and I am Jezebel, God do so to me, and more also, if I do not make thy life by this time tomorrow as the life of one of them.

2 Kings 6:31And he said, God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha shall stand upon him this day.

Psalms 140:9Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, 1 And from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity. 1

Proverbs 20:2The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; 1 And he that provokes him sins against his own soul. 1

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 2:13-26

Adonijah's Impudent Request; Adonijah Put to Death. ( b. c. 1015.) 12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. 13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. 15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom… Read the whole commentary →

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