1 Kings 2:23 meaning and explanation
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
1 Kings 2:23, Berean Standard Bible
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Solomon is speaking to his mother Bathsheba in the royal court after she asks him to give Abishag the Shunammite to his older brother Adonijah as a wife. Solomon reads the request as a bid for the throne, since taking a king's companion signalled a claim to his position, and he swears by the LORD that Adonijah has asked for this at the cost of his own life.
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