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Widows: Intermarrying With, of Kings Considered Treason

Source: TTT

1 Kings 2:21–24 So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.” / King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!” / Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.