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the King, I also will come in after thee, and con-
firme thy wordes. 15 So Bath-sheba went in vnto
The First Book of the Kings, the King into the chamber, and the King was verie

Commonly Called the Third olde, and Abishag the Shunammite ministred
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And Bath-sheba bowed and made
vnto ye King.
Book of the Kings obeisance vnto the King. And the King saide,
What is thy matter? 17 And shee answered him,
My lorde, thou swarest by the Lord thy God vnto
1 Now when King Dauid was olde, and striken thine handmaide, saying, Assuredly Salomon thy
in yeeres, they couered him with clothes, but no sonne shall reigne after me, and he shall sit vpon
heate came vnto him. 2 Wherefore his seruants my throne. 18 And beholde, nowe is Adoniiah
saide vnto him, Let there be sought for my lord king, and now, my lord, O King, thou knowest it
ye King a yong virgin, and let her stand before not. 19 And he hath offred many oxen, and fatte
the king, and cherish him: and let her lie in thy cattel, and sheepe, and hath called all the sonnes
bosome, that my lord the King may get heate. So of the King, and Abiathar the Priest, and Ioab the
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they sought for a faire young maide thoroughout captaine of the hoste: but Salomon thy seruant
all the coastes of Israel, and founde one Abishag hath he not bidden. 20 And thou, my lorde, O
a Shunamite, and brought her to the king. And King, knowest that the eyes of all Israel are on
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the maid was exceeding faire, and cherished the thee, that thou shouldest tell them, who shoulde
king, and ministred to him, but the King knew sit on the throne of my lord the King after him.
her not. 5 Then Adoniiah the sonne of Haggith 21 For els when my lord the King shall sleepe
exalted himselfe, saying, I will be king. And with his fathers, I and my sonne Salomon shalbe
he gate him charets and horsemen, and fiftie reputed vile. 22 And lo, while she yet talked with
men to run before him. 6 And his father would the King, Nathan also the Prophet came in. 23 And
not displease him from his childehood, to say, they tolde the King, saying, Beholde, Nathan the
Why hast thou done so? And hee was a very Prophet. And when he was come in to the King,
goodly man, and his mother bare him next after hee made obeisance before the King vpon his face
Absalom. 7 And he tooke counsel of Ioab the to the ground. 24 And Nathan saide, My lorde, O
sonne of Zeruiah, and of Abiathar the Priest: and King, hast thou said, Adoniiah shall reigne after
they helped forward Adoniiah. 8 But Zadok the mee, and he shall sit vpon my throne? 25 For hee
Priest, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and is gone downe this day, and hath slaine many
Nathan the Prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the oxen, and fat cattel, and sheepe, and hath called
men of might, which were with Dauid, were not al the Kings sonnes, and the captaines of the
with Adoniiah. Then Adoniiah sacrificed sheepe hoste, and Abiathar the Priest: and behold, they
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and oxen, and fat cattel by the stone of Zoheleth, eate and drinke before him, and say, God saue
which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren King Adoniiah. 26 But me thy seruant, and Zadok
the kings sonnes, and al the men of Iudah ye the Priest, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada,
Kings seruants, 10 But Nathan the Prophet, and and thy seruant Salomon hath he not called. 27 Is
Benaiah, and the mightie men, and Salomon his this thing done by my lord the King, and thou
brother hee called not. 11 Wherefore Nathan hast not shewed it vnto thy seruant, who should
spake vnto Bath-sheba the mother of Salomon, sitte on the throne of my lorde the King after
saying, Hast thou not heard, that Adoniiah ye 28
sonne of Haggith doeth reigne, and Dauid our him? Then King Dauid answered, and saide,
lord knoweth it not? 12 Now therefore come, and Call me Bath-sheba. And shee came into ye Kings
I will now giue thee counsell, howe to saue thine presence, and stoode before the King. 29 And the
owne life, and the life of thy sonne Salomon. King sware, saying, As the Lord liueth, who hath
13 Go, and get thee in vnto King Dauid, and say redeemed my soule out of all aduersitie, 30 That
vnto him, Didest not thou, my lorde, O King, as I sware vnto thee by the Lord God of Israel,
sweare vnto thine handmaide, saying, Assuredly saying, Assuredly Salomon thy sonne shall reigne
Salomon thy sonne shall reigne after me, and he after me, and hee shall sit vpon my throne in my
shall sit vpon my throne? why is then Adoniiah place, so will I certainely doe this day. 31 Then
King? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with Bath-sheba bowed her face to the earth, and did