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highlighted 1 Kings 2:19 NLT
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak on Adonijah’s behalf. The king rose from his throne to meet her, and he bowed down before her. When he sat down on his throne again, the king ordered that a throne be brought for his mother, and she sat at his right hand.
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 2:18 NLT
“All right,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 2:16-17 NLT
So now I have just one favor to ask of you. Please don’t turn me down.” “What is it?” she asked. He replied, “Speak to King Solomon on my behalf, for I know he will do anything you request. Ask him to let me marry Abishag, the girl from Shunem.”
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 2:15 NLT
He replied, “As you know, the kingdom was rightfully mine; all Israel wanted me to be the next king. But the tables were turned, and the kingdom went to my brother instead; for that is the way the LORD wanted it.
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 2:13 NLT
One day Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, came to see Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. “Have you come with peaceful intentions?” she asked him. “Yes,” he said, “I come in peace.
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 2:12 NLT
Solomon became king and sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 2:11 NLT
David had reigned over Israel for forty years, seven of them in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 2:10 NLT
Then David died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David.
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 2:1-9 NLT
As the time of King David’s death approached, he gave this charge to his son Solomon: “I am going where everyone on earth must someday go. Take courage and be a man. Observe the requirements of the LORD your God, and follow all his ways. Keep the decrees, commands, regulations, and laws written in the Law of Moses so that you will be successful in all you do and wherever you go. If you do this, then the LORD will keep the promise he made to me. He told me, ‘If your descendants live as they should and follow me faithfully with all their heart and soul, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.’ “And there is something else. You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me when he murdered my two army commanders, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He pretended that it was an act of war, but it was done in a time of peace, staining his belt and sandals with innocent blood. Do with him what you think best, but don’t let him grow old and go to his grave in peace. “Be kind to the sons of Barzillai of Gilead. Make them permanent guests at your table, for they took care of me when I fled from your brother Absalom. “And remember Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me with a terrible curse as I was fleeing to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I swore by the LORD that I would not kill him. But that oath does not make him innocent. You are a wise man, and you will know how to arrange a bloody death for him.”
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 1:53 NLT
So King Solomon summoned Adonijah, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and bowed respectfully before King Solomon, who dismissed him, saying, “Go on home.”
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 1:52 NLT
Solomon replied, “If he proves himself to be loyal, not a hair on his head will be touched. But if he makes trouble, he will die.”
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 1:51 NLT
Word soon reached Solomon that Adonijah had seized the horns of the altar in fear, and that he was pleading, “Let King Solomon swear today that he will not kill me!”
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 1:49-50 NLT
Then all of Adonijah’s guests jumped up in panic from the banquet table and quickly scattered. Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he rushed to the sacred tent and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 1:47 NLT
And all the royal officials have gone to King David and congratulated him, saying, ‘May your God make Solomon’s fame even greater than your own, and may Solomon’s reign be even greater than yours!’ Then the king bowed his head in worship as he lay in his bed,
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 1:46 NLT
What’s more, Solomon is now sitting on the royal throne as king.
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 1:43 NLT
“Not at all!” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has just declared Solomon king!
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 1:41 NLT
Adonijah and his guests heard the celebrating and shouting just as they were finishing their banquet. When Joab heard the sound of the ram’s horn, he asked, “What’s going on? Why is the city in such an uproar?”
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 1:40 NLT
And all the people followed Solomon into Jerusalem, playing flutes and shouting for joy. The celebration was so joyous and noisy that the earth shook with the sound.
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 1:39 NLT
There Zadok the priest took the flask of olive oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon with the oil. Then they sounded the ram’s horn and all the people shouted, “Long live King Solomon!”
Mar 18
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highlighted 1 Kings 1:37 NLT
And may the LORD be with Solomon as he has been with you, my lord the king, and may he make Solomon’s reign even greater than yours!”
Mar 18