1Kings:2:13-25

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* And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba Bath-Sheba # the mother of Solomon . And she said , Comest thou peaceably ? And he said , Peaceably . * He said moreover , I have somewhat to say unto thee . And she said , Say on . * And he said , Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine , and that all Israel set their faces on me , that I should reign : howbeit the kingdom is turned about , and is become my brothers : for it was his from the LORD . * And now I ask one petition of thee , deny me not . And she said unto him , Say on . * And he said , Speak , I pray thee , unto Solomon the king , (for he will not say # thee nay ,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife . * And Bathsheba Bath-Sheba # said , Well ; I will speak for thee unto the king . * Bathsheba Bath-Sheba # therefore went unto king Solomon , to speak unto him for Adonijah . And the king rose up to meet her , and bowed himself unto her , and sat down on his throne , and caused a seat to be set for the kings mother ; and she sat on his right hand . * Then she said , I desire one small petition of thee ; I pray thee , say # me not nay . And the king said unto her , Ask on , my mother : for I will not say # thee nay . * And she said , Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife . * And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother , And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah ? ask for him the kingdom also ; for he is mine elder brother ; even for him , and for Abiathar the priest , and for Joab the son of Zeruiah . * Then king Solomon sware by the LORD , saying , God do so to me , and more also , if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life . * Now therefore , as the LORD liveth , which hath established me , and set me on the throne of David my father , and who hath made me an house , as he promised , Adonijah shall be put to death this day . * And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ; and he fell upon him that he died .

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