1 Kings 2:23 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 2:23

21 So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”

22 And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “Now why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also—for he is my ^aolder brother—for him, and for ^bAbiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”

23 Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, ^a“May God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life!

24 Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has confirmed me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has established a¹ house for me, as He ^apromised, Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

25 So King Solomon sent by the hand of ^aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he struck him down, and he died.

Abiathar Exiled, Joab Executed

26 And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to ^aAnathoth, to your own fields, for¹ you are deserving of death; but I will not put you to death at this time, ^bbecause you carried the ark of the Lord God before my father David, and because you were afflicted every time my father was afflicted.”

27 So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, that he might ^afulfill the word of the Lord which He spoke concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.

Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 2:23

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American Standard Version
Then king Solomon sware by Jehovah, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah hath not spoken this word against his own life.

Amplified® Bible
Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, May God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not requested this against his own life.

Contemporary English Version
I swear in the name of the LORD that Adonijah will die because he asked for this! If he doesn't, I pray that God will severely punish me.

Darby English Version
And king Solomon swore by Jehovah saying, God do so to me, and more also, -- Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life!

Good News Bible
Then Solomon made a solemn promise in the LORD's name, "May God strike me dead if I don't make Adonijah pay with his life for asking this!

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.

New American Standard Bible
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

New International Version
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD : "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if Adonijah does not pay with his life for this request!

New King James Version
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, “May God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life!

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

Revised Standard Version
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adoni'jah his life!

Young's Literal Translation
And king Solomon sweareth by Jehovah, saying, `Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add -- surely against his soul hath Adonijah spoken this word;

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