1 Kings 2:15 References
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So he said, "You know that athe kingdom was mine and bthat all Israel expected me to be king; chowever, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother's, dfor it was his from the Lord.
b 1 Kings 1:5-25
1 Kings 1
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Now aAdonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." So bhe prepared for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty men to run before him.
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His father had never crossed him at any time by asking, "Why have you done so?" And he was also a very handsome man, and ahe was born after Absalom.
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He had conferred with aJoab the son of Zeruiah and with bAbiathar the priest; and following cAdonijah they helped him.
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But aZadok the priest, bBenaiah the son of Jehoiada, cNathan the prophet, dShimei, Rei, and ethe mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
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Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside aEn-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants.
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Then Nathan spoke to aBathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, "Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know it?
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"So now come, please let me agive you counsel and save your life and the life of your son Solomon.
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"Go at once to King David and say to him, 'Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, "aSurely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne"? Why then has Adonijah become king?'
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"Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words."
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So Bathsheba went in to the king in the bedroom. Now athe king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.
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Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?"
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She said to him, "My lord, you swore to your maidservant by the Lord your God, saying, 'aSurely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne.'
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"Now, behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.
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"aHe has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.
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"As for you now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
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"Otherwise it will come about, aas soon as my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered offenders."
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Behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
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They told the king, saying, "Here is Nathan the prophet." And when he came in before the king, he prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground.
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Then Nathan said, "My lord the king, have you said, 'Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne'?