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
11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance 3 away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions 4
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 “bent his heart.”
4 sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.
5 tn Heb “the God.”
6 tn Heb “that you are turning their heart[s] back.”