this action can be perceived as a positive character trait and perhaps showing us that Solomon is in fact a man of noble character. But, the disturbing feeling we have about this meeting is found in the previous verse where we see the first words of Solomon, "If he shows himself to be a worthy man, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, but if evil is found in him, he will die"(I Kings 1:52). This statement is so general in content that it leaves wide open the options that are available to Solomon. After all who has never sinned. Thus raising the concern we have that Adonijah is safe for the moment, but not out of the woods. Which then raises another question, Is there more going on between these brothers than what we are lead to believe? After all there has been murder and a throne conspiracy in the family before. Absalom murdered his older brother Amnon for sleeping with his sister Tamar (II Samuel 13:1-29), then Absalom with the savvy and trickery of a worthy opponent, tries to set himself up as king in Hebron (II Samuel
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