Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
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Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
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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.
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Then king Solomon swore by the LORD, saying: 'God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
Cross-references (12)
Passages linked to 1 Kings 2:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ruth 1:17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”
- Psalms 64:8 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
- Psalms 140:9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- 1 Samuel 14:44 Saul said, “God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”
- 2 Samuel 3:9 God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I don’t do even so to him;
- 2 Samuel 3:35 All the people came to urge David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun goes down.”
- 2 Samuel 19:13 Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren’t captain of the army before me continually instead of Joab.’ ”
- 1 Kings 20:10 Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”
- 2 Kings 6:31 Then he said, “God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stays on him today.”
- Proverbs 18:6-7 A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
- Luke 19:22 “He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 2:23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD,…
1Ki 2:23 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.
Ver. 23. And Solomon sware.] That his mother, seeing him so resolute, might no more solicit.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Sware by the Lord; once here, and again, 1Ki…
Sware by the Lord; once here, and again, 1Ki 2:24; which he did to oblige himself irrevocably to it, and to prevent all intercessions for his life, it being of so great importance to him.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now therefore, as the Lord liveth,.... Which is another…
Now therefore, as the Lord liveth,.... Which is another oath; and one may easily perceive hereby in what a temper and disposition Solomon was, how warm, earnest, and vehement, how resolute against the petition, and how determined he was to punish Adonijah and his confederates:
which hath established me, and set me upon the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised; who had placed him on his father's throne, and established him there, in spite of all his enemies, and had given him a firm and stable kingdom, which was not to be shaken and subverted by the power and policy of conspirators, according to the promise of God by Nathan, Sa2 7:11;
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Adonijah shall be put to death this day; both for his former conspiracy, he only having had a reprieve, and which was to continue on his good behaviour, Kg1 1:51, and for his fresh attempt in forming treasonable schemes to ascend the throne if possible; wherefore, being a dangerous man, and no longer to be trusted, Solomon was determined to dispatch him at once, and being established in his kingdom, he had nothing to fear from those in the conspiracy with him.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 2:23. Then King Solomon sware by the Lord…
1Ki 2:23. Then King Solomon sware by the Lord — Once here, and again 1Ki 2:24, which he did to oblige himself irrevocably to perform his resolution, and to prevent all intercession for Adonijah’s life, the matter being, he believed, of the greatest importance to him.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Against his own life - Adonijah had forfeited his…
Against his own life - Adonijah had forfeited his life by his former conduct, and his pardon had been merely conditional 1Ki 1:52.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain God do so to me, and more also--the common…
God do so to me, and more also--the common form of introducing a solemn oath.
if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life--Whether there was a treasonable design to conceal under this request or not, the act, according to Eastern notions, was criminal, and of dangerous consequence to the state. There is no ground of censure upon Solomon for cruelty or precipitation in this instance. He had pardoned Adonijah's former conspiracy; but this new attempt was rebellion against the viceroy appointed by the divine King and called for condign punishment. The office of executioner was among the Hebrews, as in other ancient countries of the East, performed unceremoniously and privately--often without any previous warning--by the captain of the guard, or one of his officers (Mat 14:10).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. God do so to me, and more also]…
23. God do so to me, and more also] This is a very idiomatic rendering for the Hebrew, which is literally ‘Thus shall God do to me, and thus shall He add.’ The expression occurs again in 1Ki_19:2, 1Ki_20:10, and in 2Ki_6:31 as well as several times in the books of Samuel, and in Rth_1:17.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) God do so to me, and more also.—See…
(23) God do so to me, and more also.—See Rth_1:17; 1Sa_3:17; 1Sa_14:44; 1Sa_20:13; 1Sa_25:22, 2Sa_11:14, &c. This well-known formula of imprecation—which the LXX. renders, “May God do these things to me and add these things also “—was probably accompanied with some gesture signifying utter destruction.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God…
Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also a common form of adjuration (Rth_1:17; 1Sa_14:44 1Sa_20:13; = 2Sa_3:9 2Sa_19:13, etc.) Gott soil mich fort und fort strafen. Bahr, if or "that." yKi constantly follows formulae of swearing, as in all the passages just cited. Cf. the use of oti in New Testament. The order of the next words in the Hebrew is noticeable against his life spake Adonijah this word. wvpnB, "at the peril or cost of his life." (Cf. 2Sa_23:17; Jos_23:11)
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