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Now king[H4428]David[H1732] was old[H2204] and stricken[H935] in years[H3117]; and they covered[H3680] him with clothes[H899], but he gat no heat[H3179].
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Wherefore his servants[H5650]said[H559] unto him, Let there be sought[H1245] for my lord[H113] the king[H4428] a young[H5291]virgin[H1330]: and let her stand[H5975]before[H6440] the king[H4428], and let her cherish[H5532] him, and let her lie[H7901] in thy bosom[H2436], that my lord[H113] the king[H4428] may get heat[H2552].
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So they sought[H1245] for a fair[H3303]damsel[H5291] throughout all the coasts[H1366] of Israel[H3478], and found[H4672]Abishag[H49] a Shunammite[H7767], and brought[H935] her to the king[H4428].
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And the damsel[H5291] was very[H3966]fair[H3303], and cherished[H5532] the king[H4428], and ministered[H8334] to him: but the king[H4428]knew[H3045] her not.
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Then Adonijah[H138] the son[H1121] of Haggith[H2294]exalted[H4984] himself, saying[H559], I will be king[H4427]: and he prepared[H6213] him chariots[H7393] and horsemen[H6571], and fifty[H2572]men[H376] to run[H7323]before[H6440] him.
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And his father[H1] had not displeased[H6087] him at any time[H3117] in saying[H559], Why hast thou done so?[H6213] and he also was a very[H3966]goodly[H2896] man; and his mother bare[H3205] him after[H310]Absalom[H53].
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And he conferred[H1697] with Joab[H3097] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870], and with Abiathar[H54] the priest[H3548]: and they following[H310]Adonijah[H138]helped[H5826] him.
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But Zadok[H6659] the priest[H3548], and Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077], and Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030], and Shimei[H8096], and Rei[H7472], and the mighty men[H1368] which belonged to David[H1732], were not with Adonijah[H138].
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And Adonijah[H138]slew[H2076]sheep[H6629] and oxen[H1241] and fat cattle[H4806]by[H681] the stone[H68] of Zoheleth[H2120], which is by[H681]Enrogel[H5883], and called[H7121] all his brethren[H251] the king's sons[H1121], and all the men[H582] of Judah[H3063] the king's servants[H5650]:
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But Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030], and Benaiah[H1141], and the mighty men[H1368], and Solomon[H8010] his brother[H251], he called[H7121] not.
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Wherefore Nathan[H5416]spake[H559] unto Bathsheba[H1339] the mother[H517] of Solomon[H8010], saying[H559], Hast thou not heard[H8085] that Adonijah[H138] the son[H1121] of Haggith[H2294] doth reign[H4427], and David[H1732] our lord[H113]knoweth[H3045] it not?
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Now therefore come[H3212], let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel[H3289], that thou mayest save[H4422] thine own life[H5315], and the life[H5315] of thy son[H1121]Solomon[H8010].
13Go[H3212] and get thee in[H935] unto king[H4428]David[H1732], and say[H559] unto him, Didst not thou, my lord[H113], O king[H4428], swear[H7650] unto thine handmaid[H519], saying[H559], Assuredly[H3588]Solomon[H8010] thy son[H1121] shall reign[H4427]after[H310] me, and he shall sit[H3427] upon my throne?[H3678] why then doth Adonijah[H138]reign?[H4427]
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Behold, while thou yet talkest[H1696] there with the king[H4428], I also will come in[H935]after[H310] thee, and confirm[H4390] thy words[H1697].
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And Bathsheba[H1339] went in[H935] unto the king[H4428] into the chamber[H2315]: and the king[H4428] was very[H3966]old[H2204]; and Abishag[H49] the Shunammite[H7767]ministered[H8334] unto the king[H4428].
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And Bathsheba[H1339]bowed[H6915], and did obeisance[H7812] unto the king[H4428]. And the king[H4428]said[H559], What wouldest thou?
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And she said[H559] unto him, My lord[H113], thou swarest[H7650] by the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] unto thine handmaid[H519], saying, Assuredly Solomon[H8010] thy son[H1121] shall reign[H4427]after[H310] me, and he shall sit[H3427] upon my throne[H3678].
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And now, behold, Adonijah[H138]reigneth[H4427]; and now, my lord[H113] the king[H4428], thou knowest[H3045] it not:
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And he hath slain[H2076]oxen[H7794] and fat cattle[H4806] and sheep[H6629] in abundance[H7230], and hath called[H7121] all the sons[H1121] of the king[H4428], and Abiathar[H54] the priest[H3548], and Joab[H3097] the captain[H8269] of the host[H6635]: but Solomon[H8010] thy servant[H5650] hath he not called[H7121].
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And thou, my lord[H113], O king[H4428], the eyes[H5869] of all Israel[H3478] are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell[H5046] them who shall sit[H3427] on the throne[H3678] of my lord[H113] the king[H4428]after[H310] him.
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Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord[H113] the king[H4428] shall sleep[H7901] with his fathers[H1], that I and my son[H1121]Solomon[H8010] shall be counted offenders[H2400].
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And, lo, while she yet talked[H1696] with the king[H4428], Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030] also came in[H935].
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And they told[H5046] the king[H4428], saying[H559], Behold Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030]. And when he was come in[H935]before[H6440] the king[H4428], he bowed[H7812] himself before[H6440] the king[H4428] with his face[H639] to the ground[H776].
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And Nathan[H5416]said[H559], My lord[H113], O king[H4428], hast thou said[H559], Adonijah[H138] shall reign[H4427]after[H310] me, and he shall sit[H3427] upon my throne?[H3678]
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For he is gone down[H3381] this day[H3117], and hath slain[H2076]oxen[H7794] and fat cattle[H4806] and sheep[H6629] in abundance[H7230], and hath called[H7121] all the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121], and the captains[H8269] of the host[H6635], and Abiathar[H54] the priest[H3548]; and, behold, they eat[H398] and drink[H8354]before[H6440] him, and say[H559], God save[H2421]king[H4428]Adonijah[H138].
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But me, even me thy servant[H5650], and Zadok[H6659] the priest[H3548], and Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077], and thy servant[H5650]Solomon[H8010], hath he not called[H7121].
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Is this thing[H1697]done[H1961] by my lord[H113] the king[H4428], and thou hast not shewed[H3045] it unto thy servant[H5650], who should sit[H3427] on the throne[H3678] of my lord[H113] the king[H4428]after[H310] him?
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Then king[H4428]David[H1732]answered[H6030] and said[H559], Call[H7121] me Bathsheba[H1339]. And she came[H935] into the king[H4428]'s presence[H6440], and stood[H5975]before[H6440] the king[H4428].
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And the king[H4428]sware[H7650], and said[H559], As the LORD[H3068]liveth[H2416], that hath redeemed[H6299] my soul[H5315] out of all distress[H6869],
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Even as I sware[H7650] unto thee by the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], Assuredly Solomon[H8010] thy son[H1121] shall reign[H4427]after[H310] me, and he shall sit[H3427] upon my throne[H3678] in my stead; even so will I certainly do[H6213] this day[H3117].
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Then Bathsheba[H1339]bowed[H6915] with her face[H639] to the earth[H776], and did reverence[H7812] to the king[H4428], and said[H559], Let my lord[H113]king[H4428]David[H1732]live[H2421] for ever[H5769].
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And king[H4428]David[H1732]said[H559], Call[H7121] me Zadok[H6659] the priest[H3548], and Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030], and Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077]. And they came[H935]before[H6440] the king[H4428].
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The king[H4428] also said[H559] unto them, Take[H3947] with you the servants[H5650] of your lord[H113], and cause Solomon[H8010] my son[H1121] to ride[H7392] upon mine own mule[H6506], and bring him down[H3381] to Gihon[H1521]:
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And let Zadok[H6659] the priest[H3548] and Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030]anoint[H4886] him there king[H4428] over Israel[H3478]: and blow[H8628] ye with the trumpet[H7782], and say[H559], God save[H2421]king[H4428]Solomon[H8010].
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Then ye shall come[H935]up[H5927]after[H310] him, that he may come[H935] and sit[H3427] upon my throne[H3678]; for he shall be king[H4427] in my stead: and I have appointed[H6680] him to be ruler[H5057] over Israel[H3478] and over Judah[H3063].
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And Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077]answered[H6030] the king[H4428], and said[H559], Amen[H543]: the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of my lord[H113] the king[H4428]say[H559] so too.
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As the LORD[H3068] hath been with my lord[H113] the king[H4428], even so be he with Solomon[H8010], and make[H1431] his throne[H3678]greater[H1431] than the throne[H3678] of my lord[H113]king[H4428]David[H1732].
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So Zadok[H6659] the priest[H3548], and Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030], and Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077], and the Cherethites[H3774], and the Pelethites[H6432], went down[H3381], and caused Solomon[H8010] to ride[H7392] upon king[H4428] David's mule[H6506], and brought[H3212] him to Gihon[H1521].
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And Zadok[H6659] the priest[H3548]took[H3947] an horn[H7161] of oil[H8081] out of the tabernacle[H168], and anointed[H4886]Solomon[H8010]. And they blew[H8628] the trumpet[H7782]; and all the people[H5971]said[H559], God save[H2421]king[H4428]Solomon[H8010].
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And all the people[H5971] came up[H5927]after[H310] him, and the people[H5971]piped[H2490] with pipes[H2485], and rejoiced[H8056] with great[H1419]joy[H8057], so that the earth[H776]rent[H1234] with the sound[H6963] of them.
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And Adonijah[H138] and all the guests[H7121] that were with him heard[H8085] it as they had made an end[H3615] of eating[H398]. And when Joab[H3097]heard[H8085] the sound[H6963] of the trumpet[H7782], he said[H559], Wherefore is this noise[H6963] of the city[H7151] being in an uproar?[H1993]
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And while he yet spake[H1696], behold, Jonathan[H3129] the son[H1121] of Abiathar[H54] the priest[H3548]came[H935]: and Adonijah[H138]said[H559] unto him, Come in[H935]; for thou art a valiant[H2428]man[H376], and bringest[H1319]good[H2896]tidings[H1319].
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And Jonathan[H3129]answered[H6030] and said[H559] to Adonijah[H138], Verily[H61] our lord[H113]king[H4428]David[H1732] hath made Solomon[H8010]king[H4427].
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And the king[H4428] hath sent[H7971] with him Zadok[H6659] the priest[H3548], and Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030], and Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077], and the Cherethites[H3774], and the Pelethites[H6432], and they have caused him to ride[H7392] upon the king[H4428]'s mule[H6506]:
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And Zadok[H6659] the priest[H3548] and Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030] have anointed[H4886] him king[H4428] in Gihon[H1521]: and they are come up[H5927] from thence rejoicing[H8056], so that the city[H7151] rang again[H1949]. This is the noise[H6963] that ye have heard[H8085].
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And also Solomon[H8010]sitteth[H3427] on the throne[H3678] of the kingdom[H4410].
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And moreover the king[H4428]'s servants[H5650]came[H935] to bless[H1288] our lord[H113]king[H4428]David[H1732], saying[H559], God[H430]make[H1431] the name[H8034] of Solomon[H8010]better[H3190] than thy name[H8034], and make[H1431] his throne[H3678]greater[H1431] than thy throne[H3678]. And the king[H4428]bowed[H7812] himself upon the bed[H4904].
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And also thus said[H559] the king[H4428], Blessed[H1288] be the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], which hath given[H5414] one to sit[H3427] on my throne[H3678] this day[H3117], mine eyes[H5869] even seeing[H7200] it.
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And all the guests[H7121] that were with Adonijah[H138] were afraid[H2729], and rose up[H6965], and went[H3212] every man[H376] his way[H1870].
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And Adonijah[H138]feared[H3372]because[H6440] of Solomon[H8010], and arose[H6965], and went[H3212], and caught hold[H2388] on the horns[H7161] of the altar[H4196].
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And it was told[H5046]Solomon[H8010], saying[H559], Behold, Adonijah[H138]feareth[H3372]king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]: for, lo, he hath caught hold[H270] on the horns[H7161] of the altar[H4196], saying[H559], Let king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]swear[H7650] unto me to day[H3117] that he will not slay[H4191] his servant[H5650] with the sword[H2719].
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And Solomon[H8010]said[H559], If he will shew himself a worthy[H2428]man[H1121], there shall not an hair[H8185] of him fall[H5307] to the earth[H776]: but if wickedness[H7451] shall be found[H4672] in him, he shall die[H4191].
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So king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]sent[H7971], and they brought him down[H3381] from the altar[H4196]. And he came[H935] and bowed[H7812] himself to king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]: and Solomon[H8010]said[H559] unto him, Go[H3212] to thine house[H1004].