American Standard Version of 1901
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Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope;And set not thy heart on {Hebrew: causing him to die.}his destruction.
A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty;For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.
Hear counsel, and receive {Or, correction}instruction,That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end.
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.
And his father had not displeased him {Or, all his life}at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.
Now therefore as Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.