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Verse	Translation	Text
1Ki 2:23	Strong Concordance	Then king [04428] Solomon [08010] sware [07650] by the LORD [03068], saying [0559], God [0430] do [06213] so to me, and more also [03254], if Adonijah [0138] have not spoken [01696] this word [01697] against his own life [05315].
	King James	Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
God do so to me, and more also--the common form of introducing a solemn oath. if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life--Whether there was a treasonable design to conceal under this request or not, the act, according to Eastern notions, was criminal, and of dangerous consequence to the state. There is no ground of censure upon Solomon for cruelty or precipitation in this instance. He had pardoned Adonijah's former conspiracy; but this new attempt was rebellion against the viceroy appointed by the divine King and called for condign punishment. The office of executioner was among the Hebrews, as in other ancient countries of the East, performed unceremoniously and privately--often without any previous warning--by the captain of the guard, or one of his officers (Mat 14:10).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

God do so to me, and more also--the common form of introducing a solemn oath.

if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life--Whether there was a treasonable design to conceal under this request or not, the act, according to Eastern notions, was criminal, and of dangerous consequence to the state. There is no ground of censure upon Solomon for cruelty or precipitation in this instance. He had pardoned Adonijah's former conspiracy; but this new attempt was rebellion against the viceroy appointed by the divine King and called for condign punishment. The office of executioner was among the Hebrews, as in other ancient countries of the East, performed unceremoniously and privately--often without any previous warning--by the captain of the guard, or one of his officers (Mat 14:10).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Against his own life - Adonijah had forfeited his life by his former conduct, and his pardon had been merely conditional Kg1 1:52.

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¹⁰ And [2532] he sent [3992], and beheaded [607] John [2491] in [1722] the prison [5438].

⁵² And Solomon [08010] said [0559], If he will shew himself a worthy [02428] man [01121], there shall not an hair [08185] of him fall [05307] to the earth [0776]: but if wickedness [07451] shall be found [04672] in him, he shall die [04191].