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Now King David was old and well
along
in years ,
and though
they covered him with blankets
, he could
not
keep
warm
.
Now king David was old and stricken
in years ;
and they covered him with clothes
, but
he gat
no
heat
.
So
his servants said to
him, “
Let us
search
for a young virgin for
our
lord
the king, to
attend
to
him
and care
for
him and lie by
his
side
to
keep
him
warm
. ”
Wherefore
his servants said unto
him, Let there
be
sought
for my
lord
the
king
a young virgin :
and
let
her
stand
before
the king, and cherish
him ;
and let
her
lie in
thy
bosom,
that
my
lord
the
king
may
get
heat
.
Then
they searched
throughout
Israel
for a beautiful
girl
, and they
found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
So
they sought
for a fair
damsel
throughout
all
the
borders
of
Israel
, and found Abishag the Shunammite ,
and brought her to the king.
The girl
was unsurpassed
in
beauty
; she cared
for
the king and served
him ,
but he
had
no
relations
with
her.
And
the damsel
was very
fair
; and
she cherished
the king ,
and ministered
to
him ;
but the
king
knew
her not
.
At
that
time
Adonijah ,
David’s
son by
Haggith ,
began
to
exalt
himself, saying, “
I will be king !”
And he acquired
chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead
of
him.
Then
Adonijah the
son of
Haggith exalted
himself, saying, I will be king :
and he prepared
him
chariots and horsemen ,
and fifty men to run before
him.
(
His father had never
once
reprimanded
him by
saying, “
Why do
you
act
this
way
? ”
Adonijah
was also very handsome,
born next
after Absalom. )
And
his father had not
displeased
him at
any
time
in
saying, Why hast
thou
done
so
? and
he
was also a
very goodly
man;
and
he
was
born after Absalom.
So
Adonijah
conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest ,
who
supported
him.
And
he
conferred with Joab the
son of Zeruiah ,
and with Abiathar the priest :
and
they
following
Adonijah
helped
him.
But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s
mighty men would
not join
Adonijah.
But Zadok the priest, and
Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and
Nathan the prophet, and
Shimei, and
Rei, and the
mighty men that
belonged
to
David,
were
not with
Adonijah.
And Adonijah sacrificed
sheep ,
oxen ,
and fattened
calves
near
the stone of Zoheleth, which is next
to
En-rogel .
He invited
all his royal
brothers
and all the men of Judah who
were
servants
of
the king.
And Adonijah slew
sheep and
oxen and fatlings
by
the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside
En-rogel ;
and
he called
all his brethren,
the
king's
sons,
and all the men of Judah ,
the king's
servants:
But he
did
not
invite
Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or
his brother Solomon
.
but Nathan the prophet, and
Benaiah, and
the mighty men, and
Solomon
his brother ,
he
called
not
.
Then Nathan said
to
Bathsheba
the mother of Solomon, “Have
you
not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has
become
king
, and our lord David
does
not
know
it?
Then Nathan spake
unto
Bath-sheba
the mother of Solomon, saying,
Hast
thou
not heard that Adonijah the
son of Haggith doth
reign
, and David
our lord knoweth
it not
?
Now please,
come and
let me advise
you.
Save your
own life and the life of your
son Solomon.
Now therefore
come ,
let me ,
I
pray
thee,
give
thee
counsel,
that
thou
mayest
save thine
own life ,
and the life of thy
son Solomon.
Go at
once
to
King David and say, ‘
My lord the
king, did
you
not
swear to
your
maidservant
, “Surely
your
son
Solomon will
reign after me, and he will
sit on
my throne ”
? Why then has
Adonijah become
king
? ’
Go and
get
thee
in
unto
king David ,
and say unto
him
, Didst
not
thou,
my lord ,
O
king, swear unto
thy
handmaid
, saying,
Assuredly
Solomon thy
son
shall
reign after me, and he shall
sit upon
my throne? why then doth
Adonijah reign
?
Then
, while you
are
still
there speaking
with the king, I will come in after you
and confirm your
words. ”
Behold
, while thou
yet
talkest
there with the king, I also
will come in after thee,
and confirm thy
words.
So
Bathsheba
went to
see
the king in
his
bedroom.
Since
the king was very old ,
Abishag the Shunammite was serving
him
.
And
Bath-sheba
went in
unto
the king into
the chamber:
and
the
king was very old ;
and
Abishag the Shunammite was ministering
unto
the
king
.
And Bathsheba
bowed down
in
homage
to
the king ,
who
asked
, “
What is
your
desire
? ”
And Bath-sheba
bowed ,
and
did
obeisance
unto
the king .
And
the
king
said
, What wouldest
thou
?
“
My lord, ”
she
replied,
“you
yourself
swore
to
your
maidservant
by the
LORD
your
God :
‘Surely
your
son
Solomon will
reign after me, and he will
sit on
my throne. ’
And
she
said
unto
him,
My lord, thou
swarest
by Jehovah
thy
God unto
thy
handmaid,
`saying',
Assuredly
Solomon thy
son
shall
reign after me, and he shall
sit upon
my throne.
But
now, behold, Adonijah has
become
king,
and you
, my lord the king, did
not
know
it .
And
now, behold, Adonijah reigneth;
and thou
, my lord the king, knowest
it not:
And he has
sacrificed
an
abundance
of
oxen ,
fattened
calves,
and sheep, and has
invited
all the other
sons of the king, as
well
as
Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander
of the army.
But he did
not invite
your
servant
Solomon
.
and he hath
slain
oxen and fatlings
and
sheep in
abundance
, and hath
called
all the sons of the king, and
Abiathar the priest ,
and Joab the captain
of the host;
but Solomon
thy
servant
hath
he not called
.
And as
for
you
, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you
to
tell them who will
sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
And thou
, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee,
that
thou
shouldest
tell them who shall
sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests
with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will
be counted as
criminals
. ”
Otherwise it
will
come
to
pass
, when my lord the king shall
sleep
with his fathers, that
I and my son Solomon shall
be counted offenders
.
And just
then
, while Bathsheba
was
still
speaking
with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived
.
And, lo,
while she
yet
talked
with the king, Nathan the prophet came
in
.
So
the king was
told
, “
Nathan the prophet is
here
. ”
And Nathan
went
in and
bowed facedown
before the king.
And
they
told
the king, saying,
Behold,
Nathan the prophet. And when
he
was
come
in before
the
king,
he
bowed himself
before the king with
his
face
to
the
ground
.
“
My lord the
king, ”
said Nathan
, “did
you
say,
‘
Adonijah will
reign after me, and he will
sit on
my throne ’
?
And
Nathan
said,
My lord ,
O
king, hast
thou
said, Adonijah shall
reign after me, and he shall
sit upon
my throne?
For today
he has
gone down and sacrificed
an
abundance
of
oxen ,
fattened
calves,
and sheep, and has
invited
all the sons of
the
king
, the commanders
of the army
, and Abiathar the priest .
And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying
, ‘
Long live King Adonijah !’
For he is
gone down this
day,
and hath
slain
oxen and fatlings
and
sheep in
abundance
, and hath
called
all the king's
sons, and
the captains
of the host
, and Abiathar the priest ;
and ,
behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and
say
, `
Long '
live king Adonijah .
But me your
servant he
did
not
invite
, nor
Zadok the priest, nor
Benaiah son of Jehoiada, nor
your
servant Solomon.
But me ,
even
me
thy
servant, and
Zadok the priest, and
Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and
thy
servant Solomon ,
hath
he
not
called
.
Has
my lord the king let
this
happen
without
informing
your
servant
who should sit on the throne after
my lord the king? ”
Is
this
thing
done
by
my lord the king ,
and
thou
hast
not
showed
unto
thy
servants
who should sit on the throne of
my lord the king after
him
?
Then King David said, “
Call in
Bathsheba
for
me. ”
So
she came into the king’s
presence and stood before him
.
Then king David answered
and
said, Call to
me Bath-sheba
. And
she came into the king's
presence ,
and stood before the
king
.
And the king swore
an
oath
, saying
, “
As surely
as
the
LORD
lives
, who has
redeemed my life
from
all distress
,
And the king sware
, and
said
, As Jehovah
liveth
, who hath
redeemed my soul
out
of
all adversity
,
I
will
carry
out
this
very
day
exactly
what
I swore
to
you
by the
LORD
, the God of Israel :
Surely
your
son
Solomon will
reign after me, and he will
sit on
my throne in my place
. ”
verily
as
I sware
unto
thee
by Jehovah
, the God of Israel ,
saying,
Assuredly
Solomon thy
son
shall
reign after me, and he shall
sit upon
my throne in my stead;
verily
so
will
I
do
this
day
.
Bathsheba
bowed facedown
in
homage
to the king and said, “May
my lord King David live forever!”
Then
Bath-sheba
bowed with
her
face
to the earth,
and
did
obeisance
to
the
king ,
and said, Let
my lord king David live for
ever.
Then
King David said, “
Call in
for
me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada. ”
So
they came before the king.
And
king David said, Call to
me Zadok the priest, and
Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada. And
they came before the king.
“
Take my
servants
with you ,”
said
the king.
“Set
my
son
Solomon on
my own mule and take
him down to Gihon .
And
the
king
said
unto
them,
Take with you the servants
of
your
lord,
and
cause
Solomon my son
to
ride
upon
mine
own mule ,
and bring
him down to Gihon :
There
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are
to
anoint him king over Israel .
You
are
to
blow the ram’s
horn
and declare
, ‘
Long live King Solomon !’
and
let
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there
king over Israel ;
and
blow ye
the trumpet,
and say
, `
Long '
live king Solomon .
Then you
shall go
up with
him, and he is
to
come and sit on
my throne and
reign
in my place.
For
I have appointed him ruler
over Israel and Judah. ”
Then ye
shall come
up after
him, and he shall
come and sit upon
my throne ;
for
he
shall
be
king
in my stead;
and
I have appointed him to
be
prince
over Israel and over
Judah.
“Amen,”
replied
Benaiah son of Jehoiada .
“May
the LORD
, the God of my lord the king, so declare
it
.
And
Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada answered
the king
, and
said,
Amen:
Jehovah,
the God of my lord the king, say
so `too'
.
Just
as the
LORD
was
with my lord the king, so may
He
be with Solomon and make his throne even
greater than that
of my lord King David. ”
As Jehovah
hath
been
with my lord the king, even
so be he
with Solomon ,
and make his throne greater than the
throne
of my lord king David.
Then
Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along
with
the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set
Solomon on
King David’s
mule, and they
escorted
him to Gihon.
So
Zadok the priest, and
Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and
the Cherethites and the
Pelethites, went down ,
and caused
Solomon to
ride
upon
king David's
mule, and brought
him to Gihon.
Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from
the tabernacle
and anointed Solomon. Then
they blew the ram’s
horn,
and all the people proclaimed
, “
Long live King Solomon !”
And
Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out
of
the Tent,
and anointed Solomon. And
they blew the trumpet;
and all the people said
, `
Long '
live king Solomon .
All the people followed
him, playing
flutes
and rejoicing
with such
a
great joy that the earth was
split
by
the sound.
And
all the people came
up
after
him, and the
people
piped
with pipes,
and
rejoiced
with
great joy ,
so
that the earth rent
with
the sound of
them
.
Now
Adonijah and all his
guests were finishing
their
feast
when
they heard the sound of the ram’s
horn.
“Why
is the city in such
a
loud
uproar? ”
asked
Joab.
And
Adonijah and all the
guests that
were with
him
heard
it
as
they had
made
an
end
of
eating.
And
when
Joab
heard the sound of the trumpet,
he
said,
Wherefore
is this
noise
of
the city being
in an
uproar?
As
he was
speaking
, suddenly
Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived.
“Come
in,”
said
Adonijah, “
for you
are
a man of
valor.
You
must
be
bringing
good news
. ”
While
he yet
spake
, behold,
Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came:
and
Adonijah said
, Come
in;
for thou
art
a worthy
man ,
and
bringest
good tidings
.
“Not
at
all,”
Jonathan replied.
“
Our lord King David has
made Solomon king .
And
Jonathan answered
and
said
to
Adonijah,
Verily
our lord king David hath
made Solomon king :
And with
Solomon,
the king has
sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along
with
the Cherethites and Pelethites ,
and they have set
him on
the king’s
mule .
and the king hath
sent with
him
Zadok the priest, and
Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and
the Cherethites and the
Pelethites ;
and they have caused
him to
ride
upon
the king's
mule ;
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at
Gihon ,
and they have
gone
up from there
with
rejoicing that rings
out
in
the city. That
is the noise you
hear
.
and
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in
Gihon ;
and they are
come
up from thence
rejoicing ,
so
that the city rang
again
. This
is the noise that
ye
have
heard
.
Moreover,
Solomon has
taken
his
seat
on the royal
throne.
And
also
Solomon sitteth
on the throne of
the
kingdom
.
The king’s
servants have
also
gone
to congratulate
our lord King David, saying, ‘May
your
God make the name of Solomon more
famous
than your
own
name, and may
He
make his throne greater than your
throne .’
And the king has
bowed in
worship
on
his
bed ,
And
moreover
the king's
servants came
to bless
our lord king David, saying, Thy
God make the name of Solomon better
than thy
name, and make his throne greater than thy
throne :
and the king bowed himself
upon
the
bed .
saying
, ‘
Blessed be the
LORD
, the God of Israel !
Today
He
has
provided
one to sit on my throne, and
my
eyes have
seen
it. ’”
And
also
thus
said
the
king
, Blessed be Jehovah
, the God of Israel ,
who
hath
given
one to sit on my throne this
day
, mine
eyes even
seeing
it.
At
this,
all the guests of Adonijah arose
in
terror
and scattered
.
And
all the guests of Adonijah were
afraid,
and rose
up,
and
went
every
man
his
way
.
But
Adonijah ,
in
fear
of Solomon, got
up
and went to
take
hold of
the horns of the altar.
And
Adonijah feared
because
of Solomon ;
and
he
arose
, and went ,
and
caught
hold on
the horns of the altar.
It was reported
to
Solomon :
“
Behold, Adonijah fears
King Solomon, and
he has
taken
hold of
the horns of the altar, saying, ‘
Let King Solomon first
swear to
me not to
put
his servant to
the sword. ’”
And
it was told
Solomon ,
saying,
Behold, Adonijah feareth
king Solomon ;
for
, lo,
he hath
laid
hold on
the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto
me first
that
he
will
not slay
his servant with
the sword.
And Solomon replied
, “
If he is
a man of
character
, not a single
hair of his
will
fall to the ground.
But if evil
is
found in him, he will
die. ”
And Solomon said
, If he shall
show
himself
a worthy
man, there
shall
not a hair of him
fall to the earth;
but if wickedness
be
found in him, he shall
die.
So King Solomon summoned
Adonijah
down from the altar ,
and he came and bowed
down
before
King Solomon ,
who
said to
him, “
Go to your
home
. ”
So king Solomon sent,
and
they
brought
him
down from the altar .
And he came and did
obeisance
to
king Solomon ;
and
Solomon
said unto
him, Go to thy
house
.
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