³⁸ As for the censers of these ^[a]men who have sinned at the cost of their own lives, have them made into hammered sheets as plating for the altar, since they did present them before the Lord and they are holy; and ^(A)they shall ^[b]serve as a sign to the sons of Israel.”

²³ Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, “May God do so to me and more so, if Adonijah has ^(A)not spoken this word against his own ^[a]life!