1 Kings 1:52 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 1:52

And Solomon replied, “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 will die.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Ephrem the Syrian

Commentary (church-history corpus) (373)

"Not one of his hairs shall fall to the ground," that is, he shall not undergo any punishment of the guilty, if he proves to be innocent; but he will deserve capital punishment, if he is found to conspire against my sovereignty. Indeed, if he …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Adonijah is sent for, and told upon what terms he stands, which he signifies his grateful submission to, and then is told to go to his house and live retired there. Solomon not only gave him his life, but his estate, thus establishing his throne by mercy.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The horns or projections at the four corners of the altar, to which the sacrifices were bound, and which were tipped with the blood of the victim, were symbols of grace and salvation to the sinner. Hence the altar was regarded as a sanctuary (Ex 21:14), but not to murderers, rebels, or deliberate perpetrators.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
אִ֚ם	'im	if	H518 →
יִהְיֶ֣ה	yih.Yeh	he will become	H1961 →
לְבֶן־	le.ven-	<into> a son of	H1121 →
חַ֔יִל	Cha.yil	worth	H2428 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יִפֹּ֥ל	yi.Pol	it will fall	H5307 →
מִשַּׂעֲרָת֖וֹ	mi.sa.'a.ra.To	one of hair[s] his	H8185 →
אָ֑רְצָה	'A.re.tzah	[the] ground towards	H776 →
וְאִם־	ve.'im-	and if	H518 →
רָעָ֥ה	ra.'Ah	evil	H7451 →
תִמָּצֵא־	ti.ma.tze'-	it will be found	H4672 →
ב֖וֹ	vo	in him
וָמֵֽת׃	va.Met	and he will die	H4191 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 13:6
Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
leads to
- Proverbs 11:3
  The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
- Proverbs 11:5–6
  The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Through
1 Samuel 14:45
But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the…
leads to
- Matthew 10:30
  And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 21:18
  Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.
- 2 Samuel 14:11
  “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD…
- Acts 27:34
  So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
Through
Proverbs 21:12
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
leads to
- Proverbs 14:11
  The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
- Psalms 37:35–36
  I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,