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Then he said , "
Please speak to King Solomon ,
for he will not refuse you ,
that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife ."
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So Bathsheba said , "
Very well ,
I will speak for you to the king ."
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Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon ,
to speak to him for Adonijah .
And the king rose up to meet her and bowed down to her ,
and sat down on his throne and had a throne set for the king '
s mother ;
so she sat at his right hand .
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Then she said , "
I desire one small petition of you ;
do not refuse me ."
And the king said to her , "
Ask it ,
my mother ,
for I will not refuse you ."
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So she said , "
Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife ."
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And King Solomon answered and said to his mother , "
Now why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah ?
Ask for him the kingdom also--for he is my older brother--for him ,
and for Abiathar the priest ,
and for Joab the son of Zeruiah ."
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Then King Solomon swore by the LORD ,
saying , "
May God do so to me ,
and more also ,
if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life !
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Now therefore ,
as the LORD lives ,
who has confirmed me and set me on the throne of David my father ,
and who has established a house for me ,
as He promised ,
Adonijah shall be put to death today !"
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So King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ;
and he struck him down ,
and he died .