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1 Kings 1:49

Good News Translation

Then Adonijah's guests were afraid, and they all got up and left, each going his own way.

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and prayed, ‘Let us praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who has today made one of my descendants succeed me as king, and has let me live to see it!’”

Adonijah, in great fear of Solomon, went to the Tent of the Lord's presence and took hold of the corners of the altar.

Have reverence for the Lord, my child, and honor the king. Have nothing to do with people who rebel against them;

such people could be ruined in a moment. Do you realize the disaster that God or the king can cause?

The wicked run when no one is chasing them, but an honest person is as brave as a lion.