53;
53 Then King Solomon sent men, and
they brought him down from the altar. And Adonijah came and bowed down to King
Solomon, and Solomon said, “Go to your home.” (8)
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52 Solomon
replied, “If he shows himself to be worthy, not a hair of his head will fall to
the ground; but if evil is found in him, he will die.” (7)
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43 “Not
at all!” Jonathan answered. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.
(7)
44 The king has sent
with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the
Kerethites and the Pelethites, and they have put him on the king’s mule,
45 and Zadok the
priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon. From there they
have gone up cheering, and the city resounds with it. That’s the noise you
hear.
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25 Today
he has gone down and sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and
sheep. He has invited all the king’s sons, the commanders of the army and
Abiathar the priest. Right now they are eating and drinking with him and
saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
(7)
26 But me your
servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant
Solomon he did not invite.
27 Is this something
my lord the king has done without letting his servants know who should sit on
the throne of my lord the king after him?”
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16 Bathsheba
bowed down, prostrating herself before the king. “What is it you want?” the
king asked. (7)
17 She said to him, “My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant
by the Lord your God: ‘Solomon your son shall be king after me,
and he will sit on my throne.’
18 But now Adonijah
has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know about it.
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7 Adonijah
conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they gave
him their support.
(7)
8 But Zadok the
priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei and Rei and David’s
special guard did not join Adonijah.
9 Adonijah then
sacrificed sheep, cattle and fattened calves at the Stone of Zoheleth near En
Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the royal
officials of Judah,
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49 At
this, all Adonijah’s guests rose in alarm and dispersed. (4)
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40 And
all the people went up after him, playing pipes and rejoicing greatly, so that
the ground shook with the sound.
(4)
41 Adonijah and all
the guests who were with him heard it as they were finishing their feast. On
hearing the sound of the trumpet, Joab asked, “What’s the meaning of all the
noise in the city?”
42 Even as he was
speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived.
Adonijah said, “Come in. A
worthy man like you must be bringing good news.”
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31 Then
Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself before
the king, and said, “May my lord King
David live forever!” (4)
32 King David said,
“Call in Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.”
When they came before the king,
33 he said to them: “Take your lord’s servants with you and have
Solomon my son mount my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
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22 While
she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived. (4)
23 And the king was
told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” So he went before the king and bowed with
his face to the ground.
24 Nathan said, “Have you, my lord the king, declared that
Adonijah shall be king after you, and that he will sit on your throne?
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13 Go
in to King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to me
your servant: “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit
on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’ (4)
14 While you are still
there talking to the king, I will come in and add my word to what you have
said.”
15 So Bathsheba went
to see the aged king in his room, where Abishag the Shunammite was attending
him.
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4 The
woman was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the
king had no sexual relations with her.
(4)
5 Now Adonijah, whose
mother was Haggith, put himself forward and said, “I will be king.” So he got
chariots and horses ready, with fifty men to run ahead of him.
6 (His father had never rebuked him by asking, “Why
do you behave as you do?” He was also very handsome and was born next after
Absalom.)
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46 Moreover,
Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne. (5)
47 Also, the royal
officials have come to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make Solomon’s name more famous
than yours and his throne greater than yours!’ And the king bowed in worship on
his bed
48 and said, ‘Praise be to the Lord,
the God of Israel, who has allowed my eyes to see a successor on my throne
today.’”
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37 As
the Lord was with my lord
the king, so may he be with Solomon to make his throne even greater than the
throne of my lord King David!”
(5)
38 So Zadok the
priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites and the
Pelethites went down and had Solomon mount King David’s mule, and they escorted
him to Gihon.
39 Zadok the priest
took the horn of oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon. Then they
sounded the trumpet and all the people shouted, “Long live King Solomon!”
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David Makes Solomon
King
28 Then
King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So she came into the king’s presence and
stood before him. (1)
29 The king then took
an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has
delivered me out of every trouble,
30 I will surely carry out this
very day what I swore to you by the Lord,
the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on
my throne in my place.”
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19 He
has sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and has
invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the
army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant. (1)
20 My lord the king,
the eyes of all Israel are on you, to learn from you who will sit on the throne
of my lord the king after him.
21 Otherwise, as soon as my lord
the king is laid to rest with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be
treated as criminals.”
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10 but
he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the special guard or his
brother Solomon. (1)
11 Then Nathan asked Bathsheba,
Solomon’s mother, “Have you not heard that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has
become king, and our lord David knows nothing about it?
12 Now then, let me advise you how you can save your own life and
the life of your son Solomon.
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Adonijah Sets
Himself Up as King
1 When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when
they put covers over him.
(1)
2 So his attendants
said to him, “Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of
him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.”
3 Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful young woman
and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
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