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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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
Against his own life - Adonijah had forfeited his life by his former conduct, and his pardon had been merely conditional 1Ki 1:52.
Here is, I. Solomon's accession to the throne, Kg1 2:12. He came to it much more easily and peaceably than David did, and much sooner saw his government established. It is happy for a kingdom when the…
Cambridge Bible
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…
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