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are still talking there with the king, I also will 32 And King David said, “Call to me Zadok
come in after you and confirm your words.” the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah
15 So Bathsheba went into the chamber to the son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the
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the king. (Now the king was very old, and king. The king also said to them, “Take with
Abishag the Shunammite was serving the you the servants of your lord, and have Sol-
king.) And Bathsheba bowed and did hom- omon my son ride on my own mule, and take
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age to the king. Then the king said, “What is him down to Gihon. There let Zadok the priest
your wish?” and Nathan the prophet anoint him king over
17 Then she said to him, “My lord, you swore Israel; and blow the horn, and say, ‘Long live
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by the LORD your God to your maidservant, King Solomon!’ Then you shall come up after
saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, and
reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’ he shall be king in my place. For I have appoint-
18 So now, look! Adonijah has become king; and ed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”
now, my lord the king, you do not know about 36 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the
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it. He has sacrificed oxen and fattened cattle king and said, “Amen! May the LORD God of
and sheep in abundance, and has invited all my lord the king say so too. As the LORD has
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the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and been with my lord the king, even so may He
Joab the commander of the army; but Sol- be with Solomon, and make his throne greater
omon your servant he has not invited. And as than the throne of my lord King David.”
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for you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel 38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet,
are on you, that you should tell them who will Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites,
sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. and the Pelethites went down and had Sol-
21 Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the omon ride on King David’s mule, and took
king rests with his fathers, that I and my son him to Gihon. Then Zadok the priest took a
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Solomon will be counted as offenders.” horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed
22 And just then, while she was still talking Solomon. And they blew the horn, and all the
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with the king, Nathan the prophet also came people said, “Long live King Solomon!” And
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in. So they told the king, saying, “Here is Na- all the people went up after him; and the peo-
than the prophet.” And when he came in ple played the flutes and rejoiced with great
before the king, he bowed down before the joy, so that the earth seemed to split with their
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king with his face to the ground. And Nathan sound.
said, “My lord, O king, have you said, 41 Now Adonijah and all the guests who were
‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit with him heard it as they finished eating. And
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on my throne’? For he has gone down today, when Joab heard the sound of the horn, he
and has sacrificed oxen and fattened cattle said, “Why is the city in such a noisy uproar?”
and sheep in abundance, and has invited all 42 While he was still speaking, there came Jon-
the king’s sons, and the commanders of the athan, the son of Abiathar the priest. And
army, and Abiathar the priest; and look! They Adonijah said to him, “Come in, for you are a
are eating and drinking before him; and they prominent man, and bring good news.”
say, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ But he has not 43 Then Jonathan answered and said to
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invited me—me your servant—nor Zadok the Adonijah, “No! Our lord King David has made
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priest, nor Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, nor Solomon king. The king has sent with him
your servant Solomon. Has this thing been Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah
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done by my lord the king, and you have not the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the
told your servant who should sit on the throne Pelethites; and they have made him ride on
of my lord the king after him?” the king’s mule. So Zadok the priest and Na-
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28 Then King David answered and said, “Call than the prophet have anointed him king at
Bathsheba to me.” So she came into the king’s Gihon; and they have gone up from there
presence and stood before the king. And the rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This
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king took an oath and said, “As the LORD lives, is the noise that you have heard. Also Sol-
who has redeemed my life from every distress, omon sits on the throne of the kingdom. And
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30 just as I swore to you by the LORD God of Is- moreover the king’s servants have gone to
rael, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May God
be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne make the name of Solomon better than your
in my place,’ so I certainly will do this day.” name, and may He make his throne greater
31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to than your throne.’ Then the king bowed him-
the earth, and paid homage to the king, and self on the bed. Also the king said thus,
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said, “Let my lord King David live forever!” ‘Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has
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