1 Kings 1:6

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Neither did his father rebuke him at any time, saying: Why hast thou done this? And he also was very beautiful, the next in birth after Absalom.

Cross References

1 Samuel 3:13

For I have foretold unto him, that I will judge his house for ever, for iniquity; because he knew that his sons did wickedly, and did not chastise them.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child that is left to his own will bringeth his mother to shame.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.

1 Chronicles 3:2

The third Absalom the son of Maacha the daughter of Tolmai king of Gessur: the fourth Adonias the son of Aggith:

2 Samuel 14:25

But in all Israel there was not a man so comely, and so exceedingly beautiful as Absalom: from the sole of the foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

1 Samuel 10:23

And they ran and fetched him thence. And he stood in the midst of the people; and he was higher than any of the people from the shoulders and upward.

1 Samuel 9:2

And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and goodly man. And there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he appeared above all the people.

1 Kings 2:22

And king Solomon answered, and said to his mother: Why dost thou ask Abisag the Sunamitess for Adonias? Ask for him also the kingdom: for he is my elder brother, and hath Abiathar the priest and Joab the son of Sarvia.