1Kings:1:28-53
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Then king David answered and said ,
Call me Bathsheba .
And she came into the king '
s presence ,
and stood before the king .
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And the king sware ,
and said ,
As the LORD liveth ,
that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress ,
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Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel ,
saying ,
Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me ,
and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead ;
even so will I certainly do this day .
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Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth ,
and did reverence to the king ,
and said ,
Let my lord king David live for ever .
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And king David said ,
Call me Zadok the priest ,
and Nathan the prophet ,
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada .
And they came before the king .
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The king also said unto them ,
Take with you the servants of your lord ,
and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule ,
and bring him down to Gihon :
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And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel :
and blow ye with the trumpet ,
and say ,
God save king Solomon .
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Then ye shall come up after him ,
that he may come and sit upon my throne ;
for he shall be king in my stead :
and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah .
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king ,
and said ,
Amen :
the LORD God of my lord the king say so too .
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As the LORD hath been with my lord the king ,
even so be he with Solomon ,
and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David .
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So Zadok the priest ,
and Nathan the prophet ,
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,
and the Cherethites ,
and the Pelethites ,
went down ,
and caused Solomon to ride upon king David '
s mule ,
and brought him to Gihon .
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And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle ,
and anointed Solomon .
And they blew the trumpet ;
and all the people said ,
God save king Solomon .
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And all the people came up after him ,
and the people piped with pipes ,
and rejoiced with great joy ,
so that the earth rent with the sound of them .
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And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating .
And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet ,
he said ,
Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar ?
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And while he yet spake ,
behold ,
Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came :
and Adonijah said unto him ,
Come in ;
for thou art a valiant man ,
and bringest good tidings .
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And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah ,
Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king .
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And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest ,
and Nathan the prophet ,
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,
and the Cherethites ,
and the Pelethites ,
and they have caused him to ride upon the king '
s mule :
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And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon :
and they are come up from thence rejoicing ,
so that the city rang again .
This is the noise that ye have heard .
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And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom .
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And moreover the king '
s servants came to bless our lord king David ,
saying ,
God make the name of Solomon better than thy name ,
and make his throne greater than thy throne .
And the king bowed himself upon the bed .
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And also thus said the king ,
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel ,
which hath given one to sit on my throne this day ,
mine eyes even seeing it .
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And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid ,
and rose up ,
and went every man his way .
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And Adonijah feared because of Solomon ,
and arose ,
and went ,
and caught hold on the horns of the altar .
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And it was told Solomon ,
saying ,
Behold ,
Adonijah feareth king Solomon :
for ,
lo ,
he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar ,
saying ,
Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword .
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And Solomon said ,
If he will shew himself a worthy man ,
there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth :
but if wickedness shall be found in him ,
he shall die .
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So king Solomon sent ,
and they brought him down from the altar .
And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon :
and Solomon said unto him ,
Go to thine house .