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1 Kings 2:21-23
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21 She said, “Allow Abishag the Shunammite to be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.” 22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him?[a] Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

23 King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely,[b] if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life![c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:22 tn Heb “for Adonijah.”
  2. 1 Kings 2:23 tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”
  3. 1 Kings 2:23 tn Heb “if with his life Adonijah has not spoken this word.”
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