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them that eate at thy table: for so they came Adoniiah hath not spoken this worde against his
to me when I fled from Absalom thy brother. owne life. 24 Now therefore as ye Lord liueth, who
8 And beholde, with thee is Shimei the sonne hath established me, and set me on the throne
of Gera, the sonne of Iemini, of Bahurim, which of Dauid my father, who also hath made me an
cursed mee with an horrible curse in the day house, as he promised, Adoniiah shall surely die
when I went to Mahanaim: but hee came downe this day. 25 And King Salomon sent by the hand
to meete me at Iorden, and I sware to him by the of Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and hee smote
Lord, saying, I will not slay thee with the sword. him that he dyed. 26 Then the King sayd vnto
9 But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou Abiathar the Priest, Go to Anathoth vnto thine
art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest owne fieldes: for thou art worthy of death: but
to doe vnto him: therefore thou shalt cause his I will not this day kill thee, because thou barest
hoare head to goe downe to the graue with blood. the Arke of the Lord God before Dauid my father,
10 So Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buried and because thou hast suffered in all, wherein my
in the citie of Dauid. 11 And the dayes which father hath bene afflicted. 27 So Salomon cast out
Dauid reigned vpon Israel, were fourtie yeeres: Abiathar from being Priest vnto the Lord, that
seuen yeeres reigned he in Hebron, and thirtie he might fulfill the wordes of the Lord, which he
and three yeeres reigned he in Ierusalem. 12 Then spake against the house of Eli in Shiloh. 28 Then
sate Salomon vpon the throne of Dauid his father, tidings came to Ioab: (for Ioab had turned after
and his kingdome was stablished mightily. 13 And Adoniiah, but he turned not after Absalom) and
Adonijah the sonne of Haggith came to Bath- Ioab fled vnto the Tabernacle of the Lord, and
sheba the mother of Salomon: and she saide, caught hold on the hornes of the altar. 29 And it
Commest thou peaceably? And hee said, Yea. was tolde king Salomon, that Ioab was fled vnto
14 He said moreouer, I haue a sute vnto thee. the Tabernacle of the Lord, and beholde, he is by
And she sayd, Say on. 15 Then he said, Thou the altar. Then Salomon sent Benaiah the sonne
knowest that the kingdome was mine, and that of Iehoiada, saying, Goe, fall vpon him. 30 And
all Israel set their faces on me, that I should Benaiah came to the Tabernacle of the Lord, and
reigne: howbeit the kingdome is turned away, sayd vnto him, Thus sayth the King, Come out.
and is my brothers: for it came to him by the And he sayde, Nay, but I will die here. Then
Lord. 16 Nowe therefore I aske thee one request, Benaiah brought the King worde againe, saying,
refuse me not. And she said vnto him, Say on. Thus sayd Ioab, and thus he answered me. 31 And
17 And he sayd, Speake, I pray thee, vnto Salomon the King sayde vnto him, Doe as he hath sayd, and
ye King, (for he will not say thee nay) that he smite him, and bury him, that thou mayest take
giue me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. 18 And away the blood, which Ioab shed causelesse, from
Bath-sheba sayd, Well, I will speake for thee vnto me and from the house of my father. 32 And the
the King. 19 Bath-sheba therefore went vnto King Lord shall bring his blood vpon his owne head:
Salomon, to speake vnto him for Adonijah: and for he smote two men more righteous and better
the King rose to meete her, and bowed himselfe then he, and slew them with the sword, and my
vnto her, and sate downe on his throne: and he father Dauid knew not: to wit, Abner the sonne
caused a seate to be set for the Kings mother, of Ner, captaine of the hoste of Israel, and Amasa
and she sate at his right hand. 20 Then she the sonne of Iether captaine of the hoste of Iudah.
sayd, I desire a small request of thee, say me not 33 Their blood shall therefore returne vpon the
nay. Then the King sayde vnto her, Aske on, my head of Ioab, and on the head of his seede for
mother: for I will not say thee nay. 21 She sayd euer: but vpon Dauid, and vpon his seede, and
then, Let Abishag the Shunammite be giuen to vpon his house, and vpon his throne shall there
Adonijah thy brother to wife. 22 But King Sa- be peace for euer from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah
lomon answered and sayd vnto his mother, And the sonne of Iehoiada went vp, and smote him,
why doest thou aske Abishag the Shunammite and slewe him, and he was buryed in his owne
for Adonijah? aske for him the kingdome also: house in the wildernesse. 35 And the King put
for he is mine elder brother, and hath for him Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada in his roume ouer
both Abiathar the Priest, and Ioab the sonne of the hoste: and the King set Zadok the Priest in
Zeruiah. 23 Then King Salomon sware by the the roume of Abiathar. 36 Afterwarde the King
Lord, saying, God doe so to me and more also, if sent, and called Shimei, and sayde vnto him,