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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 1:21 — Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
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sleep
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1Ki 2:10; Gen 15:15; Deu 31:16 |
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that I
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That is, when Adonijah is established on the throne, I and my son Solomon shall be put to death as state criminals. The history of the world demonstrates, that the lust of dominion has tempted men to commit the most enormous crimes. A father has destroyed his son, a son deposed a father, and a brother murdered a brother, in order to obtain a crown! |
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offenders
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Heb. sinners. 1Ki 2:15,22-24 |
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1Ki 2:10 |
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. |
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Gen 15:15 |
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. |
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Deu 31:16 |
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go [to be] among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. |
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1Ki 2:15 |
And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and [that] all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD. |
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1Ki 2:22 |
And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he [is] mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. |
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1Ki 2:23 |
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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1Ki 2:24 |
Now therefore, [as] the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 1:21," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Ki/1/21.html>.
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