It would have been in accordance with general Eastern custom for Solomon to be put to death if Adonijah had succeeded in his attempt. But to have e…

The life of ... Solomon. —The usurpation of Adonijah would, as a matter of course, be sealed by the blood of his rival Solomon. (C…

Now therefore come, let me, I pray you, give you counsel ,
&c.] How to conduct in this affair, which she being a wom…

Observe Nathan's addre to Bathsheba: Let me give you counsel how to save your own life, and the life of your son. Such is the counsel Chri…