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ylt @1Kings:1:1 @And king David [is ] old , entering into days , and they cover him with garments , and he hath no heat , ylt @1Kings:1:2 @and his servants say to him , 'Let them seek for my lord the king a young woman , a virgin , and she hath stood before the king , and is to him a companion , and hath lain in thy bosom , and my lord the king hath heat .' ylt @1Kings:1:3 @And they seek a fair young woman in all the border of Israel , and find Abishag the Shunammite , and bring her in to the king , ylt @1Kings:1:4 @and the young woman [is ] very very fair , and she is to the king a companion , and serveth him , and the king hath not known her . ylt @1Kings:1:5 @And Adonijah son of Haggith is lifting himself up , saying , 'I do reign ;' and he prepareth for himself a chariot and horsemen , and fifty men running before him , ylt @1Kings:1:6 @and his father hath not grieved him [all ] his days , saying , 'Wherefore thus hast thou done ?' and he also [is ] of a very good form , and [his mother ] bare him after Absalom . ylt @1Kings:1:7 @And his words are with Joab son of Zeruiah , and with Abiathar the priest , and they help after Adonijah ; ylt @1Kings:1:8 @and Zadok the priest , and Benaiah son of Jehoiada , and Nathan the prophet , and Shimei , and Rei , and the mighty ones whom David hath , have not been with Adonijah . ylt @1Kings:1:9 @And Adonijah sacrificeth sheep and oxen and fatlings near the stone of Zoheleth , that [is ] by En-Rogel , and calleth all his brethren , sons of the king , and for all the men of Judah , servants of the king ; ylt @1Kings:1:10 @and Nathan the prophet , and Benaiah , and the mighty ones , and Solomon his brother , he hath not called . ylt @1Kings:1:11 @And Nathan speaketh unto Bath-Sheba , mother of Solomon , saying , 'Hast thou not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith hath reigned , and our lord David hath not known ? ylt @1Kings:1:12 @and now , come , let me counsel thee , I pray thee , and deliver thy life , and the life of thy son Solomon ; ylt @1Kings:1:13 @go and enter in unto king David , and thou hast said unto him , Hast thou not , my lord , O king , sworn to thy handmaid , saying , Surely Solomon thy son doth reign after me , and he doth sit on my throne ? and wherefore hath Adonijah reigned ? ylt @1Kings:1:14 @Lo , thou are yet speaking there with the king , and I come in after thee , and have completed thy words .' ylt @1Kings:1:15 @And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto the king , to the inner chamber , and the king [is ] very aged , and Abishag the Shunammite is serving the king : ylt @1Kings:1:16 @and Bath-Sheba boweth and doth obeisance to the king , and the king saith , 'What -- to thee ?' ylt @1Kings:1:17 @And she saith to him , 'My lord , thou hast sworn by Jehovah thy God to thy handmaid : Surely Solomon thy son doth reign after me , and he doth sit on my throne ; ylt @1Kings:1:18 @and now , lo , Adonijah hath reigned , and now , my lord , O king , thou hast not known ; ylt @1Kings:1:19 @and he sacrificeth ox , and fatling , and sheep in abundance , and calleth for all the sons of the king , and for Abiathar the priest , and for Joab head of the host -- and for Solomon thy servant he hath not called . ylt @1Kings:1:20 @And thou , my lord , O king , the eyes of all Israel [are ] on thee , to declare to them who doth sit on the throne of my lord the king after him ; ylt @1Kings:1:21 @and it hath been , when my lord the king lieth with his fathers , that I have been , I and my son Solomon -- [reckoned ] sinners .' ylt @1Kings:1:22 @And lo , she is yet speaking with the king , and Nathan the prophet hath come in ; ylt @1Kings:1:23 @and they declare to the king , saying , 'Lo , Nathan the prophet ;' and he cometh in before the king , and boweth himself to the king , on his face to the earth . ylt @1Kings:1:24 @And Nathan saith , 'My lord , O king , thou hast said , Adonijah doth reign after me , and he doth sit on my throne ; ylt @1Kings:1:25 @for he hath gone down to-day , and doth sacrifice ox , and fatling , and sheep , in abundance , and calleth for all the sons of the king , and for the heads of the host , and for Abiathar the priest , and lo , they are eating and drinking before him , and they say , Let king Adonijah live ! ylt @1Kings:1:26 @'And for me -- me , thy servant , and for Zadok the priest , and for Benaiah , son of Jehoiada , and for Solomon thy servant , he hath not called ; ylt @1Kings:1:27 @if from my lord the king this thing hath been , then thou hast not caused thy servant to know who doth sit on the throne of my lord the king after him .'

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