1 Kings 1:21 (KJV)
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Otherwise it shall come to pass when my lordthe kingshall sleepwith his fathersthat I and my son Solomonshall be counted offenders
Cross-references
sleep. 1Ki 2:10 Ge 15:15 De 31:16
offenders. Heb. sinners. 1Ki 2:15 1Ki 2:22-24
that I.That is, when Adonijah is established on the throne, I and my son Solomon shall be put to death as state criminals. The history of the world demonstrates, that the lust of dominion has tempted men to commit the most enormous crimes. A father has destroyed his son, a son deposed a father, and a brother murdered a brother, in order to obtain a crown!
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