God do so to me, and more also. — See Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 3:17; 1 Samuel 14:44; 1 Samuel 20:13; 1 Samuel 25:22; 2 Samuel 11:14, &c. This well-known formula of imprecation — which the LXX. renders, “May God do these things to me and add these things also “ — was probably accompanied with some gesture signifying utter destruction.
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1 Kings 2:23
23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.