1 Kings 1:53

Easy To Read Version

Then King Solomon sent some men to get Adonijah. The men brought Adonijah to King Solomon. Adonijah came to King Solomon and bowed down. Then Solomon said, “Go home.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:2

Then, on the third day, a young soldier came to Ziklag. This man was from Saul’s camp. The man’s clothes were torn, and he had dirt on his head. [1] The man came to David and bowed with his face to the ground.

2 Samuel 14:24

But King David said, “Absalom can go back to his own house. He can’t come to see me.” So Absalom went back to his own house. Absalom could not go to see the king.

2 Samuel 14:28

Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two full years without being allowed to visit King David.

2 Samuel 14:33

Then Joab came to the king and told him {what Absalom said}. The king called for Absalom. Absalom came to the king and bowed low on the ground before the king. The king kissed Absalom.

1 Kings 1:16

Bathsheba bowed down before the king. The king asked, “What can I do for you?”

1 Kings 1:31

Then Bathsheba bowed down on the ground before the king. She said, “Long live King David!”

1 Kings 1:52

So Solomon answered, “If Adonijah shows that he is a good man, then I promise that not even a hair on his head will be hurt. But if he does anything wrong, then he will die.”

1 Kings 2:1

The time came when David was about to die. So David talked to Solomon and told him,

1 Kings 2:36

Next, the king sent to get Shimei. The king said to him, “Build a house for yourself here in Jerusalem. Live in that house and don’t leave the city.

Proverbs 24:21

Son, respect the Lord and the king. And don’t join with the people that are against them.