3 Kings 1:12
Now then come, take my counsel and save thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Nunc ergo veni, accipe consilium a me, et salva animam tuam, filiique tui Salomonis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ νῦν δεῦρο συμβουλεύσω σοι δὴ συμβουλίαν, καὶ ἐξελοῦ τὴν ψυχήν σου καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ υἱοῦ σου Σαλωμών.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְעַתָּ֕ה לְכִ֛י אִיעָצֵ֥ךְ נָ֖א עֵצָ֑ה וּמַלְּטִי֙ אֶת נַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ וְאֶת נֶ֥פֶשׁ בְּנֵ֖ךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה
Haydock's commentary
Life. Both would have been in imminent danger, if the ambitious projects of Adonias succeeded, as he knew that the throne had been promised to Solomon by his father, and he would consider him as a dangerous rival. (Calmet)
The Turkish emperors usually destroy or confine their brethren, when they commence their reign. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.