1 Kings 2:23 (KJV)

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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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God. 1Ki 20:10 Ru 1:17 1Sa 14:44 2Sa 3:9 2Sa 3:35 2Sa 19:13 2Ki 6:31

spoken. Ps 64:8 Ps 140:9 Pr 18:6 Pr 18:7 Ec 10:12 Lu 19:22

if Adonijah.We have already seen, that the whole harem of an eastern monarch was a part of the regal succession (See note on 2 Sa 16:23); and it was treason for a subject to claim any wife or virgin who had once formed a part of it. Solomon evidently considered the request of Adonijah in this light; and was convinced that he was still aiming to seize the crown, to which he considered this as one step. But it is very doubtful, how far the plea either of policy or state necessity can justify Solomon in thus embruing his hands in his brother's blood, whatever might have been his treasonable intentions or conduct.

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