21 So she said, “(A)Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife.” 22 But King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you requesting Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? (B)Request for him the kingdom as well—(C)since he is my older brother—for him, for (D)Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!” 23 Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, “May God do so to me and more so, if Adonijah has (E)not spoken this word against his own [a]life!

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  1. 1 Kings 2:23 Lit soul

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