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Although they covered him with bedclothes, he could not get warm.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So his servants said to him: "Let us search for a young virgin for my lord the king. She is to attend the king and be his caregiver. She is to lie by your side so that my lord the king will get warm."<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in his service. Let her lie in your arms, that my lord the king may be warm.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They searched for a beautiful girl throughout the territory of Israel; they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The girl was of unsurpassed beauty, and she became the king's caregiver. She attended to him, but he was not intimate with her.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the king and attended to him, but the king knew her not.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Adonijah son of Haggith kept exalting himself, saying, "I will be king!" He prepared chariots, cavalry, and fifty men to run ahead of him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But his father had never once infuriated him by asking, "Why did you do that?" In addition, he was quite handsome and was born after Absalom.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man, and he was born next after Absalom.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">He conspired with Joab son of Zeruiah and with the priest Abiathar. They supported Adonijah,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest. And they followed Adonijah and helped him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">but the priest Zadok, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the prophet Nathan, Shimei, Rei, and David's royal guard did not side with Adonijah.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei and David’s mighty men were not with Adonijah.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Adonijah sacrificed sheep, goats, cattle, and fattened cattle near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah, the servants of the king,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened cattle by the Serpent’s Stone, which is beside En-rogel, and he invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the royal officials of Judah,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">but he did not invite the prophet Nathan, Benaiah, the royal guard, or his brother Solomon.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the mighty men or Solomon his brother.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother, "Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king and our lord David does not know it?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord does not know it?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now please come and let me advise you. Save your life and the life of your son Solomon.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now therefore come, let me give you advice, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Go, approach King David and say to him, 'My lord the king, did you not swear to your servant: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne? So why has Adonijah become king?'<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Go in at once to King David, and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then is Adonijah king?’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">At that moment, while you are still there speaking with the king, I'll come in after you and confirm your words."<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then while you are still speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So Bathsheba went to the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was attending to him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So Bathsheba went to the king in his chamber (now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending to the king).</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Bathsheba knelt low and paid homage to the king, and he asked, "What do you want?"<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, “What do you desire?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">She replied, "My lord, you swore to your servant by the LORD your God, 'Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne.'<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the LORD your God, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now look, Adonijah has become king. And, my lord the king, you didn't know it.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And now, behold, Adonijah is king, although you, my lord the king, do not know it.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">He has lavishly sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep. He invited all the king's sons, the priest Abiathar, and Joab the commander of the army, but he did not invite your servant Solomon.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army, but Solomon your servant he has not invited.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And 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></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be regarded as criminals."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">At that moment, while she was still speaking with the king, the prophet Nathan arrived,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">and it was announced to the king, "The prophet Nathan is here." He came into the king's presence and paid homage to him with his face to the ground.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And they told the king, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And when he came in before the king, he bowed before the king, with his face to the ground.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"My lord the king," Nathan said, "did you say, 'Adonijah is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne'?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For today he went down and lavishly sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep. He invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and the priest Abiathar. And look! They're eating and drinking in his presence, and they're saying, 'Long live King Adonijah!'<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But he did not invite me--me, your servant--or the priest Zadok or Benaiah son of Jehoiada or your servant Solomon.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he has not invited.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I'm certain my lord the king would not have let this happen without letting your servant know who will sit on my lord the king's throne after him."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext1">King David responded by saying, "Call in Bathsheba for me." So she came into the king's presence and stood before him.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then King David answered, “Call Bathsheba to me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The king swore an oath and said, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every difficulty,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the king swore, saying, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext1">just as I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne in my place, that is exactly what I will do this very day."<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext2">as I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ even so will I do this day.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Bathsheba knelt low with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said, "May my lord King David live forever!"<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext1">King David then said, "Call in the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada for me." So they came into the king's presence.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext2">King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The king said to them, "Take my servants with you, have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and take him down to Gihon.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="btext1">There, the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan are to anoint him as king over Israel. You are to blow the ram's horn and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="btext1">You are to come up after him, and he is to come in and sit on my throne. He is the one who is to become king in my place; he is the one I have commanded to be ruler over Israel and Judah."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="btext2">You shall then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, for he shall be king in my place. And I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Amen," Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied to the king. "May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so affirm it.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say so.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may he be with Solomon and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="btext2">As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down, had Solomon ride on King David's mule, and took him to Gihon.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule and brought him to Gihon.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The priest Zadok took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram's horn, and all the people proclaimed, "Long live King Solomon!"<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="btext2">There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><span class="btext1">All the people went up after him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth split open from the sound.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And all the people went up after him, playing on pipes, and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth was split by their noise.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Adonijah and all the invited guests who were with him heard the noise as they finished eating. Joab heard the sound of the ram's horn and said, "Why is the town in such an uproar?"<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished feasting. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “What does this uproar in the city mean?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="btext1">He was still speaking when Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest, suddenly arrived. Adonijah said, "Come in, for you are an important man, and you must be bringing good news."<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="btext2">While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. And Adonijah said, “Come in, for you are a worthy man and bring good news.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Unfortunately not," Jonathan answered him. "Our lord King David has made Solomon king.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Jonathan answered Adonijah, “No, for our lord King David has made Solomon king,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And with Solomon, the king has sent the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have had him ride on the king's mule.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And they had him ride on the king’s mule.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan have anointed him king in Gihon. They have gone up from there rejoicing. The town has been in an uproar; that's the noise you heard.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Solomon has even taken his seat on the royal throne.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Solomon sits on the royal throne.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"The king's servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon more well known than your name, and may he make his throne greater than your throne.' Then the king bowed in worship on his bed.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Moreover, the king’s servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king bowed himself on the bed.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the king went on to say this: 'Blessed be the LORD God of Israel! Today he has provided one to sit on my throne, and I am a witness.'"<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the king also said, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has granted someone to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.’”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then all of Adonijah's guests got up trembling and went their separate ways.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then all the guests of Adonijah trembled and rose, and each went his own way.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Adonijah feared Solomon. So he arose and went and took hold of the horns of the altar.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span><span class="btext1">It was reported to Solomon: "Look, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, 'Let King Solomon first swear to me that he will not kill his servant with the sword.'"<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then it was told Solomon, “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, for behold, he has laid hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Solomon said, "If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground, but if evil is found in him, he dies."<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Solomon said, “If he will show himself a worthy man, not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/1-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So King Solomon sent for him, and they took him down from the altar. 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