1 Kings 1:53 “So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and…”

1 Kings 1:53

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.

World English Bible

So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”

American Standard Version

So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said unto him, Go to thy house.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then King Salomon sent, and they brought him from the altar, and he came and did obeisance vnto King Salomon. And Salomon sayde vnto him, Go to thine house.

Darby Translation

And king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to thy house.

Young's Literal Translation

And king Solomon sendeth, and they bring him down from off the altar, and he cometh in and boweth himself to king Solomon, and Solomon saith to him, 'Go to thy house.'

Bible in Basic English

So King Solomon sent, and they took him down from the altar. And he came and gave honour to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

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Cross references

“bowed himself”

1 Kings 1:16 1 Kings 1:31 2 Samuel 1:2

1 Kings 1:16 · BSB

And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”

1 Kings 1:31 · BSB

Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

2 Samuel 1:2 · BSB

On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.

“Go to”

1 Kings 2:36 2 Samuel 14:24 2 Samuel 14:28 Proverbs 24:21

1 Kings 2:36 · BSB

Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.

2 Samuel 14:24 · BSB

But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.

2 Samuel 14:28 · BSB

Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.

Proverbs 24:21 · BSB

My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

52And 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.”

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