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1 Now king David was old and strick­en in years; and they cov­ered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Where­fore his ser­vants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young vir­gin: and let her stand be­fore the king, and let her cher­ish him, and let her lie in thy bo­som, that my lord the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel through­out all the coasts of Is­rael, and found Abishag a Shu­nam­mite, and brought her to the king. 4 And the damsel was very fair, and cher­ished the king, and min­is­tered to him: but the king knew her not. 5 Then Adoni­jah the son of Hag­gith ex­alt­ed him­self, say­ing, I will be king: and he pre­pared him char­i­ots and horse­men, and fifty men to run be­fore him. 6 And his fa­ther had not dis­pleased him at any time in say­ing, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very good­ly man; and his mother bare him af­ter Ab­sa­lom. 7 And he con­ferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abi­athar the priest: and they fol­low­ing Adoni­jah helped him. 8 But Zadok the priest, and Be­na­iah the son of Je­hoia­da, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adoni­jah. 9 And Adoni­jah slew sheep and oxen and fat cat­tle by the stone of Zo­heleth, which is by En­ro­gel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Ju­dah the king's ser­vants: 10 But Nathan the prophet, and Be­na­iah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his broth­er, he called not. 11 Where­fore Nathan spake unto Bathshe­ba the moth­er of Solomon, say­ing, Hast thou not heard that Adoni­jah the son of Hag­gith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 12 Now there­fore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee coun­sel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine hand­maid, say­ing, As­sured­ly Solomon thy son shall reign af­ter me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adoni­jah reign? 14 Be­hold, while thou yet talk­est there with the king, I also will come in af­ter thee, and con­firm thy words. 15 And Bathshe­ba went in unto the king into the cham­ber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shu­nam­mite min­is­tered unto the king. 16 And Bathshe­ba bowed, and did obei­sance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? 17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine hand­maid, saying, As­sured­ly Solomon thy son shall reign af­ter me, and he shall sit upon my throne. 18 And now, be­hold, Adoni­jah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou know­est it not: 19 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. 20 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. 21 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. 22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. 23 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. 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adoni­jah shall reign af­ter me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 25 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. 26 But me, even me thy ser­vant, and Zadok the priest, and Be­na­iah the son of Je­hoia­da, and thy ser­vant Solomon, hath he not called. 27 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? 28 Then king David an­swered and said, Call me Bathshe­ba. And she came into the king's pres­ence, and stood be­fore the king. 29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath re­deemed my soul out of all dis­tress, 30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD 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. 31 Then Bathshe­ba bowed with her face to the earth, and did rev­er­ence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ev­er. 32 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. 33 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: 34 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. 35 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. 36 And Be­na­iah the son of Je­hoia­da an­swered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. 37 As the LORD 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. 38 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 mule, and brought him to Gi­hon. 39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the taber­na­cle, and anoint­ed Solomon. And they blew the trum­pet; and all the peo­ple said, God save king Solomon. 40 And all the peo­ple came up af­ter him, and the peo­ple piped with pipes, and re­joiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. 41 And Adoni­jah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eat­ing. And when Joab heard the sound of the trum­pet, he said, Where­fore is this noise of the city be­ing in an up­roar? 42 And while he yet spake, be­hold, Jonathan the son of Abi­athar the priest came: and Adoni­jah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tid­ings. 43 And Jonathan an­swered and said to Adoni­jah, Ver­i­ly our lord king David hath made Solomon king. 44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Be­na­iah the son of Je­hoia­da, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule: 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anoint­ed him king in Gi­hon: and they are come up from thence re­joic­ing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. 46 And also Solomon sit­teth on the throne of the king­dom. 47 And more­over the king's ser­vants came to bless our lord king David, say­ing, God make the name of Solomon bet­ter than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed him­self upon the bed. 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Is­rael, which hath giv­en one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even see­ing it. 49 And all the guests that were with Adoni­jah were afraid, and rose up, and went ev­ery man his way. 50 And Adoni­jah feared be­cause of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the al­tar. 51 And it was told Solomon, say­ing, Be­hold, Adoni­jah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the al­tar, say­ing, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his ser­vant with the sword. 52 And Solomon said, If he will shew him­self a wor­thy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wicked­ness shall be found in him, he shall die. 53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the al­tar. And he came and bowed him­self to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.