1 Kings 1:21

WEB

²¹Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.”

KJV

²¹Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

BSB

²¹Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”

FBV

²¹If you don't do anything,^[+] as soon as Your Majesty dies, I and my son Solomon will be considered traitors…”

Extra References

Deuteronomy 31:16

¹⁶The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. This people will rise up and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land where they go to be among them, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I have made with them.

1 Kings 2:10

¹⁰David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.

2 Samuel 7:12

¹²When your days are fulfilled and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

1 Kings 2:15

¹⁵He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However, the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from the LORD.

Genesis 15:15

¹⁵but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.

1 Kings 2:22-24

²²King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.” ²³Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life. ²⁴Now therefore as the LORD lives, who has established me and set me on my father David’s throne, and who has made me a house as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today.”