1 Kings 1:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)”
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“(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and his father hath not grieved him <FI>all<Fi> his days, saying, `Wherefore thus hast thou done?' and he also <FI>is<Fi> of a very good form, and <FI>his mother<Fi> bare him after Absalom.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 1:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 3:13I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
- 1 Samuel 9:2And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
- 1 Samuel 10:23So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.
- 2 Samuel 3:3his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
- 2 Samuel 14:25Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
- 1 Chronicles 3:2the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
- Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- Proverbs 23:13Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
- Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
- Hebrews 12:5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
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