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nsb@1Kings:1:28 @ King David said: »Ask Bathsheba to come back in.« She came and stood before him.

nsb@1Kings:1:29 @ Then he said to her: »I promise you by the living God Jehovah, who has rescued me from all my troubles,

nsb@1Kings:1:30 @ that today I will keep the promise I made to you in the name of Jehovah the God of Israel, that your son Solomon would succeed me as king.«

nsb@1Kings:1:31 @ Bathsheba bowed low and said: »May my lord the king live a very long time!«

nsb@1Kings:1:32 @ Then King David sent for Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah. When they came in,

nsb@1Kings:1:33 @ he said to them: »Take my court officials with you; have my son Solomon ride my own mule, and escort him to Gihon Spring,

nsb@1Kings:1:34 @ Zadok and Nathan are to anoint him as king of Israel. Then blow the trumpet and shout: Long live King Solomon!

nsb@1Kings:1:35 @ »Follow him back here when he comes to sit on my throne. He will succeed me as king. He is the one I have chosen to be the ruler over Israel and Judah.«

nsb@1Kings:1:36 @ »It will be done,« answered Benaiah, »and may Jehovah your God confirm it!

nsb@1Kings:1:37 @ »Jehovah has been with Your Majesty. May he also be with Solomon and make his reign even more prosperous than yours.«

nsb@1Kings:1:38 @ So Zadok, Nathan, Benaiah, and the royal bodyguards put Solomon on King David's mule and escorted him to Gihon Spring.

nsb@1Kings:1:39 @ Zadok took the container of olive oil that he had brought from the Tent of Jehovahs presence, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet, and all the people shouted: »Long live King Solomon!«

nsb@1Kings:1:40 @ All the people followed him. They blew flutes and celebrated so loudly that their voices shook the ground.

nsb@1Kings:1:41 @ Adonijah and all his guests heard this while they were eating. When Joab heard the sound of the horn, he asked: »Why all this noise in the city?«

nsb@1Kings:1:42 @ He was still speaking when Jonathan, son of the priest Abiathar, arrived. »Come in,« Adonijah said: »You are an honorable man. You must be bringing good news.«

nsb@1Kings:1:43 @ »Not at all,« Jonathan answered Adonijah. »His Majesty King David has made Solomon king!«

nsb@1Kings:1:44 @ »The king sent the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites with him. They placed him on the king's mule.

nsb@1Kings:1:45 @ »The priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan anointed him king at Gihon. They came from there celebrating. The city is excited. That is the sound you heard.

nsb@1Kings:1:46 @ »Solomon is seated on the royal throne.

nsb@1Kings:1:47 @ »Even the royal officials have come to congratulate His Majesty King David, saying: May your God make Solomon's name more famous than yours and his reign greater than your reign. The king himself bowed down on his bed

nsb@1Kings:1:48 @ and prayed: Let us praise Jehovah the God of Israel. Today he made one of my descendants succeed me as king. He let me live to see it!«

nsb@1Kings:1:49 @ Adonijah's guests were afraid. So they all left.

nsb@1Kings:1:50 @ Adonijah, in great fear of Solomon, went to the Tent of Jehovahs presence and grabbed hold of the corners of the altar.

nsb@1Kings:1:51 @ King Solomon was told that Adonijah was afraid of him and that he was holding on to the corners of the altar. He heard that he said: »First, I want King Solomon to swear to me that he will not have me put to death.«

nsb@1Kings:1:52 @ Solomon replied: »If he is loyal, not even a hair on his head will be touched. If he is not, he will die.«

nsb@1Kings:1:53 @ King Solomon then sent for Adonijah and had him brought down from the altar. Adonijah went to the king and bowed low before him. The king said to him: »You may go home.«