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So he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty men to run before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>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 he was born after Absalom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>He had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah they helped him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the kings sons, and all the men of Judah, the kings servants. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>Nathan and Bathsheba</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba 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 <i>it?</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>So now come, please let me give you counsel and save your life and the life of your son Solomon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Go at once to King David and say to him, Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne? Why then has Adonijah become king? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>So Bathsheba went in to the king in the bedroom. Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, What do you wish? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>She said to him, My lord, you swore to your maidservant by the L<font size="1">ORD</font> your God, <i>saying,</i> Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>Now, behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know <i>it.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>He 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>Otherwise it will come about, as soon as my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered offenders.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Then Nathan said, My lord the king, have you said, Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>For he has gone down today and has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the kings sons and the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest, and behold, they are eating and drinking before him; and they say, <i>Long</i> live King Adonijah! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>But me, <i>even</i> me your servant, and Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and your servant Solomon, he has not invited. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>Then King David said, Call Bathsheba to me. And she came into the kings presence and stood before the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>The king vowed and said, As the L<font size="1">ORD</font> lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>surely as I vowed to you by the L<font size="1">ORD</font> the God of Israel, saying, Your son Solomon shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; I will indeed do so this day. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, May my lord King David live forever.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>Then King David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came into the kings presence. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>The king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel, and blow the trumpet and say, <i>Long</i> live King Solomon! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne and be king in my place; for I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, Amen! Thus may the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, the God of my lord the king, say. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>As the L<font size="1">ORD</font> has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David!<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>Solomon Anointed King</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King Davids mule, and brought him to Gihon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>Zadok the priest then took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, <i>Long</i> live King Solomon! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>All the people went up after him, and the people were playing on flutes and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth shook at their noise.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>Now Adonijah and all the guests who <i>were</i> with him heard <i>it</i> as they finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Why is the city making such an uproar? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. Then Adonijah said, Come in, for you are a valiant man and bring good news. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>But Jonathan replied to Adonijah, No! Our lord King David has made Solomon king. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-44.htm" target="_top"><b>44</b></a></span>The king has also sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have made him ride on the kings mule. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-45.htm" target="_top"><b>45</b></a></span>Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon, and they have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise which you have heard. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-46.htm" target="_top"><b>46</b></a></span>Besides, Solomon has even taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-47.htm" target="_top"><b>47</b></a></span>Moreover, the kings servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne! And the king bowed himself on the bed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-48.htm" target="_top"><b>48</b></a></span>The king has also said thus, Blessed be the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, the God of Israel, who has granted one to sit on my throne today while my own eyes see <i>it.</i><p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-49.htm" target="_top"><b>49</b></a></span>Then all the guests of Adonijah were terrified; and they arose and each went on his way. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-50.htm" target="_top"><b>50</b></a></span>And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went and took hold of the horns of the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-51.htm" target="_top"><b>51</b></a></span>Now it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon, for behold, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-52.htm" target="_top"><b>52</b></a></span>Solomon said, If he is a worthy man, not one of his hairs will fall to the ground; but if wickedness is found in him, he will die. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/1-53.htm" target="_top"><b>53</b></a></span>So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. 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