King James Version
1 Kings 2:23 in the King James Version says “Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word again...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
1 Kings 2:23 · KJV
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
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.
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.
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.
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“sware”
H7650to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
“by the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“so to me and more also”
H3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“against his own life”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“have not spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“this word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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