She replied, ‘Please, may the king invoke the Lord your God, so that the avenger of blood will not increase the loss, and they will not eliminate my son! ’ ‘As the Lord lives,’ he vowed, ‘not a hair of your son will fall to the ground.’
1 Kings 1:52 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then Solomon said, ‘If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground, but if evil is found in him, he dies.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Solomon said, If he will show himself to be a worthy man, not a hair of him shall fall to the ground; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die. American Standard Version (1901) And Solomon said, If he shall show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die. Common English Bible Solomon said, “If he shows himself to be an honorable person, then not a hair of his head will be harmed. But if any evil is found in him, he will die.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Solomon said: "If he is a good man, not so much as one hair of his head shall fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he shall die." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Solomon said: If he be a good man, there shall not so much as one hair of his head fall to the ground; but if evil be found in him, he shall die. |
She replied, ‘Please, may the king invoke the Lord your God, so that the avenger of blood will not increase the loss, and they will not eliminate my son! ’ ‘As the Lord lives,’ he vowed, ‘not a hair of your son will fall to the ground.’
It was reported to Solomon, ‘Look, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, “Let King Solomon first swear to me that he will not kill his servant with the sword.” ’
So King Solomon sent for him, and they took him down from the altar. He came and paid homage to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, ‘Go to your home.’
He doesn’t believe he will return from darkness; he is destined for the sword.
Righteousness guards people of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he brings the wicked to ruin.
So I urge you to take some food. For this is for your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.’
But the people said to Saul, ‘Must Jonathan die? He accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel! No, as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he worked with God’s help today.’ So the people redeemed Jonathan, and he did not die.