1 Kings 1:6

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Neither did his father chastise him at any time, saying, "Why have you done this?" Now he, too, was very beautiful, the second in birth, after Absalom.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:25

Now in all of Israel, there was no man so handsome, and so very stately as Absalom. From the sole of the foot to the top of the head, there was no blemish in him.

1 Kings 2:22

And king Solomon responded, and he said to his mother: "Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Why not request the kingdom for him! For he is my older brother, and he has Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the son of Zeruiah."

1 Chronicles 3:2

the third Absalom, the son of Maacah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, the son of Haggith;

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will brings shame to his mother.

1 Samuel 10:23

And so they ran and brought him there. And he stood in the midst of the people, and he was taller than the entire people, from the shoulders upward.

1 Samuel 3:13

For I have foretold to him that I will judge his house unto eternity, because of iniquity. For he had known that his sons acted shamefully, and he did not chastise them.

1 Samuel 9:2

And he had a son called Saul, an elect and good man. And there was not a man among the sons of Israel better than he was. For he stood head and shoulders above all the people.