1 Kings 2:23

Matthew⁽ⁱ⁾ ²³ Then kynge Salomon sware by the Lorde sayinge: God do so to me, and so therto yf Adoniah haue not spoken this worde agaynst hym selfe.

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God.
1 Kings 20:10; Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 14:44; 2 Samuel 3:9; 2 Samuel 3:35; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Kings 6:31
if Adonijah.We have already seen, that the whole harem of an eastern monarch was a part of the regal succession (See note on 2 Sa 16:23); and it was treason for a subject to claim any wife or virgin who had once formed a part of it. Solomon evidently considered the request of Adonijah in this light; and was convinced that he was still aiming to seize the crown, to which he considered this as one step. But it is very doubtful, how far the plea either of policy or state necessity can justify Solomon in thus embruing his hands in his brother's blood, whatever might have been his treasonable intentions or conduct.
spoken.
Psalms 64:8; Psalms 140:9; Proverbs 18:6; Proverbs 18:7; Ecclesiastes 10:12; Luke 19:22