2:23 King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely, 1 if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life! 2 2:24 Now, as certainly as the Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty 3 for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”
1 tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”
2 tn Heb “if with his life Adonijah has not spoken this word.”
3 tn Heb “house.”