1Kings:1:28-53
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Then King David answered , "
Call Bathshe '
ba to me ."
So she came into the king '
s presence ,
and stood before the king .
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And the king swore ,
saying , "
As the LORD lives ,
who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity ,
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as I swore to you by the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
saying , `
Solomon your son shall reign after me ,
and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead ';
even so will I do this day ."
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Then Bathshe '
ba bowed with her face to the ground ,
and did obeisance to the king ,
and said , "
May my lord King David live for ever !"
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King David said , "
Call to me Zadok the priest ,
Nathan the prophet ,
and Benai '
ah the son of Jehoi '
ada ."
So they came before the king .
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And the king said to them , "
Take with you the servants of your lord ,
and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule ,
and bring him down to Gihon ;
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and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel ;
then blow the trumpet ,
and say , `
Long live King Solomon !'
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You shall then come up after him ,
and he shall 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 Benai '
ah the son of Jehoi '
ada answered the king , "
Amen !
May the LORD ,
the God of my lord the king ,
say so .
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As the LORD has been with my lord the king ,
even so may he be with Solomon ,
and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David ."
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So Zadok the priest ,
Nathan the prophet ,
and Benai '
ah the son of Jehoi '
ada ,
and the Cher '
ethites and the Pel '
ethites ,
went down and caused Solomon to ride on King David '
s mule ,
and brought him to Gihon .
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There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent ,
and anointed Solomon .
Then they blew the trumpet ;
and all the people said , "
Long live King Solomon !"
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And all the people went up after him ,
playing on pipes ,
and rejoicing with great joy ,
so that the earth was split by their noise .
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Adoni '
jah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished feasting .
And when Jo '
ab heard the sound of the trumpet ,
he said , "
What does this uproar in the city mean ?"
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While he was still speaking ,
behold ,
Jonathan the son of Abi '
athar the priest came ;
and Adoni '
jah said , "
Come in ,
for you are a worthy man and bring good news ."
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Jonathan answered Adoni '
jah , "
No ,
for our lord King David has made Solomon king ;
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and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest ,
Nathan the prophet ,
and Benai '
ah the son of Jehoi '
ada ,
and the Cher '
ethites and the Pel '
ethites ;
and they have caused him to ride on the king '
s mule ;
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and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon ;
and they have gone up from there rejoicing ,
so that the city is in an uproar .
This is the noise that you have heard .
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Solomon sits upon the royal throne .
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Moreover the king '
s servants came to congratulate our lord King David ,
saying , `
Your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours ,
and make his throne greater than your throne .'
And the king bowed himself upon the bed .
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And the king also said , `
Blessed be the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
who has granted one of my offspring to sit on my throne this day ,
my own eyes seeing it .'"
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Then all the guests of Adoni '
jah trembled ,
and rose ,
and each went his own way .
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And Adoni '
jah feared Solomon ;
and he arose ,
and went ,
and caught hold of the horns of the altar .
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And it was told Solomon , "
Behold ,
Adoni '
jah fears King Solomon ;
for ,
lo ,
he has laid hold of the horns of the altar ,
saying , `
Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not slay his servant with the sword .'"
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And Solomon said , "
If he prove to be a worthy man ,
not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth ;
but if wickedness is 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 did obeisance to King Solomon ;
and Solomon said to him , "
Go to your house ."
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