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NASB | 1 Kings 2:13 ¶ Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, "Do you come peacefully?" And he said, "Peacefully." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Kings 2:13 ¶ Now Adonijah the son of [David and] Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, "Do you come in peace?" And he said, "In peace." |
Subject: Solomon's judgment of Adonijah and Joab |
Bible Note: Oh my, Tamara, you're only encouraging him! We'd derive as much instruction by speculating on Micah 8 or Romans 17! Here's a comment you may have read by Norman Geisler (on the Chicago Statement of Biblical Hermeneutics, Article VII) "The Affirmation here is directed at those who claim a 'double' or 'deeper' meaning to Scripture than that expressed by the authors. It stresses the unity and fixity of meaning as opposed to those who find multiple and pliable meanings. What a passage means is fixed by the author and is not subject to change by readers. This does not imply that further revelation on the subject cannot help one come to a fuller understanding, but simply that the meaning given in a text is not changed because additional truth is revealed subsequently." In your Bible School studies you will learn about logical fallacies. This question is a prime example of plurium interrogationum, commonly known as the "loaded question." We learn from example of Christ (Mark 11:28-33) to focus on the tacit presuppositions, rather than getting entangled in valueless speculation (Titus 3:9). In Him, Doc |