1 Kings 2:23

1 Kings 2:23 -

Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also [a common form of adjuration ( Ruth 1:17 ; 1 Samuel 14:44 ; 1 Samuel 20:13 ; 2 Samuel 3:9 ; 2 Samuel 19:13 , etc.) = Gott soil mich fort und fort strafen. Bähr], if [or "that." כִי constantly follows formulae of swearing, as in all the passages just cited. Cf. the use of ὅτι in New Testament. The order of the next words in the Hebrew is noticeable] against his life spake Adonijah this word. [ בְּנַפְשׁו , "at the peril or cost of his life." Cf. 2 Samuel 23:17 ; Joshua 23:11 .]

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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