Then KingSolomonsworeby the LORD,saying,"May Goddosoto me and morealso,ifAdonijahhas not spokenthiswordagainst his own life.
"Sayto Amasa,'Are you not my boneand my flesh?May Goddosoto me, and morealso,ifyou will not be commanderof the armybeforeme continuallyin placeof Joab.'"
Then allthe peoplecameto persuade Davidto eatbreadwhile it was stillday;but Davidvowed,saying,"May Goddosoto me, and morealso,ifI tastebreadoranythingelsebeforethe sungoesdown."
"May Goddosoto Abner,and morealso,ifas the LORDhas swornto David,I do not accomplishthisfor him,
Then Jezebelsenta messengerto Elijah,saying,"Somay the godsdoto me and evenmore,ifI do not makeyour lifeas the lifeof oneof them by tomorrowabout this time."
Ben-hadadsentto him and said,"May the godsdosoto me and morealso,ifthe dustof Samariawill sufficefor handfulsfor allthe peoplewhofollowme."
Then he said,"May Goddosoto me and morealso,ifthe headof Elishathe sonof Shaphatremainson him today."
"As for the headof those who surroundme, May the mischiefof their lipscoverthem.
So they will make him stumble;Their own tongueis againstthem; Allwho seethem will shakethe head.
The terrorof a kingis like the growlingof a lion;He who provokeshim to angerforfeitshis own life.
Wordsfrom the mouthof a wisemanare gracious,while the lipsof a foolconsumehim;
"He saidto him, 'By your own wordsI will judgeyou, you worthlessslave.Did you knowthat I aman exactingman,takingup whatI did not lay downand reapingwhatI did not sow?
"Whereyou die,I will die,and thereI will be buried.Thusmay the LORDdoto me, and worse,if[anything but] deathpartsyou and me."
Saulsaid,"May Goddothis[to me] and morealso,for you shall surelydie,Jonathan."
