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And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and
Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
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And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance
unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
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And she said unto him, My lord, thou
swarest by the L
ORD
thy God unto thine handmaid,
saying,
Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign
after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
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And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my
lord the king, thou knowest
it
not:
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And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle 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.
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And thou, my lord, O 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.
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Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my
son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
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And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
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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.
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And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou
said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
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For he is gone down this
day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle 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 eat and drink before him,
and say, God save king Adonijah.
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But me,
even
me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
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Is this thing done by my lord
the king, and thou hast not shewed
it
unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the
king after him?
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Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s
presence, and stood before the king.
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And the king sware, and said,
As
the L
ORD
liveth, that hath
redeemed my soul out of all distress,
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Even as I sware unto thee by the L
ORD
God of Israel, saying,
Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even
so will I certainly do this day.
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Then Bath-sheba bowed with
her
face to the earth, and did reverence
to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
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And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
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The king also 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:
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And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and
blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
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Then ye shall come up after him,
that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed
him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king,
and said, Amen: the L
ORD
God of my lord the king say so
too.
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As the L
ORD
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.
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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
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