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1 Kings 2:21-23
Good News Translation
1 Kings 2:21-23
Good News Translation
21 She answered, “Let your brother Adonijah have Abishag as his wife.”
22 “Why do you ask me to give Abishag to him?” the king asked. “You might as well ask me to give him the throne too. After all, he is my older brother, and Abiathar the priest and Joab are on his side!”[a] 23 Then Solomon made a solemn promise in the Lord's name, “May God strike me dead if I don't make Adonijah pay with his life for asking this!
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- 1 Kings 2:22 Some ancient translations and Abiathar the priest … on his side; Hebrew unclear.
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