1Ki 2:24, 33-34, Pro 25:5, Isa 9:6-7 | ESV | STEP | Now therefore as the Lord lives , who has established me and placed me on the throne of David my father , and who has made me a house , as he promised , Adonijah shall be put to death today .

aSee Ruth 3:13

b 2 Sam. 7:11, 13; 1 Chr. 22:10

c[See ver. 32 above]

d[ch. 20:8]

eSee ch. 16:12

f Luke 2:11; [John 3:16]

g ch. 7:14

h[Matt. 28:18; 1 Cor. 15:25]

i ch. 22:22

l[ch. 28:29]

m ch. 10:21; Deut. 10:17; Neh. 9:32; Jer. 32:18; [Ps. 45:3]

n Ps. 72:17

o ch. 63:16; [John 14:18]

p Ps. 72:7; [Eph. 2:14]; See ch. 11:6-9

q Ps. 89:4; Luke 1:32, 33

r Jer. 23:5

s ch. 37:32; 2 Kgs. 19:31; [Zech. 1:14]

1 Kings 2:24

24 Now therefore ^aas the Lord lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, ^bas he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.”

1 Kings 2:33-34

33 ^cSo shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But for David and for his descendants and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace from the Lord forevermore.” 34 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

Proverbs 25:5

5 take away ^dthe wicked from the presence of the king,
and his ^ethrone will be established in righteousness.

Isaiah 9:6-7

6 ^fFor to us a child is born,
to us ^ga son is given;
^hand the government shall be ⁱupon ^{▼▼Or is upon} his shoulder,
and his name shall be called ^{▼▼Or is called}
Wonderful ^lCounselor, ^mMighty God,
ⁿEverlasting ^oFather, Prince of ^pPeace.
7 Of the increase of his government and of peace
^qthere will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
^rwith justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
^sThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.