Against his own life - Adonijah had forfeited his life by his former conduct, and his pardon had been merely conditional ([Reference 1 Kings…

God do so to me, and more also.—See Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 3:17; 1 Samuel 14:44; [Reference 1 Samuel…

Then King Solomon sware by the Lord
To prevent his mother pressing him to have her petition granted:

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Solomon received Bathsheba with all the respect that was owing to a mother; but let no one be asked for what they ought not to grant. It ill become…