(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of Ki
I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lo
So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.
Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of
And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the peopl