1 KINGS 2:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”
"Now therefore as the LORD lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of my father David and who has made me a house as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.'" — Solomon invokes the *living God* (*chai YHVH*) and rehearses the divine acts: God *established* him (*hayikonneni*), *set him on David's throne* (*va-yashbeni 'al-kise David avi*), and *made him a house* (*va-ya'aseh li bayit*). The phrase *bayit* (house) echoes the Davidic covenant (2 Sam 7) where God promised David a *lasting house* (dynasty). Solomon interprets these as divine *validation* of his kingship and thus as divine *authorization* to execute Adonijah. The verse *hayom yamut Adoniyahu* (Adonijah shall die this day) is the immediate execution of Solomon's judgment.
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