Verse 21

Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be treated as offenders.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 31:16 : 16 The LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, you are going to rest with your ancestors, and this people will rise up and prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.'
  • 1 Kgs 2:10 : 10 Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David.
  • 1 Kgs 2:15 : 15 He said, 'You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel turned their faces to me to make me king. But the kingdom has been transferred and has become my brother's, for it was the LORD's will.'
  • 1 Kgs 2:22-24 : 22 King Solomon answered his mother, 'Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well request the kingdom for him—for he is my elder brother—yes, for him and for Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah!' 23 Then King Solomon took an oath by the LORD: 'May God punish me ever so severely if Adonijah has not made this request at the cost of his own life! 24 'And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the one who has established me, seated me on the throne of my father David, and made me a dynasty as He promised—Adonijah shall be put to death today!'
  • 2 Sam 7:12 : 12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
  • Gen 15:15 : 15 "As for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age."