1 Kings 1:6

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His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man, and he was born next after Absalom.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:25

Now in all Israel there was no one to be praised so much for his beauty as Absalom; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

1 Kings 2:22

King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom as well! For he is my elder brother; ask not only for him but also for the priest Abiathar and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

1 Chronicles 3:2

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

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy, but the rod of discipline drives it far away.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.

1 Samuel 10:23

Then they ran and brought him from there. When he took his stand among the people, he was head and shoulders taller than any of them.

1 Samuel 3:13

For I have told him that I am about to punish his house forever, for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them.

1 Samuel 9:2

He had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he; he stood head and shoulders above everyone else.