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1 Kings 1:52

Solomon
Mercy and compassion

50 But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.

51 It was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”

And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”

53 So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
KJV
And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
WEB
Solomon said, “If he shows himself a worthy man, not a hair of his shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”
ASV
And Solomon said, If he shall show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.
DARBY
And Solomon said, If he be a worthy man, there shall not one of his hairs fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.
BLB
And Solomon said, “If he is a son of strength not one hair of him shall fall to the earth, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”
ÅB
Da sa Salomo: Vil han være en bra mann, skal det ikke falle et hår av hans hode til jorden; men blir det funnet noe ondt hos ham, skal han dø.
OTB
Og Salomo sa, “Hvis han er en verdig mann, skal ikke ett hår av ham falle til jorden; men hvis det finnes ondskap i ham, skal han dø.”
B1930
Da sa Salomo: Vil han være en bra mann, skal det ikke falle et hår av hans hode til jorden; men blir det funnet noget ondt hos ham, skal han dø.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 14:45

    But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

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  • 2 Samuel 14:11

    “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”

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  • Proverbs 13:6

    Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.

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  • Proverbs 21:12

    The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

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  • 1 Kings 2:21–25

    So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”

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  • Job 15:22

    He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

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  • Acts 27:34

    So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

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  • Luke 21:18

    Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.

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