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Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
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Grounded in God's Promise
Solomon's oath, "as Jehovah liveth," frames his decision as an act of divine justice, not just personal anger. Commentators highlight that Solomon saw his kingship as divinely established and secured by God's promise. This conviction in God's plan gave him the authority and resolve to act decisively against what he perceived as a treasonous threat from Adonijah.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The phrase “making a house” means “continuing the posterity” of a person, and in the case of a royal person, “maintaining his descendants upon the …
19th Century
Anglican
As the Lord liveth, which hath ...—There is something characteristic in this adjuration, as compared with that of David in [Reference 1 Ki…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now therefore, as the Lord lives Which is another oath; and one may easily perceive hereby in what a temper and disp…
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