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1 And king David was old, going in days; and they will cover him with garments, and he will not be warm. 2 And his servants will say to him, They shall seek for my lord the king a girl, a virgin, and she standing before the king, and she shall be to him an associate, and lying in thy bosom, and it shall be warm to my lord the king. 3 And they will seek a fair girl in all the bound of Israel, and they will find Abishag the Shunamite, and they will bring her to the king. 4 And the girl fair, even exceedingly, and she will be to the king an associate, and she will serve him: and the king knew her not. 5 And Adonijah, son of Haggith being lifted up, saying, I will reign; and he will make to himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 And his father grieved him not from his days, saying, Wherefore didst thou thus? and he good of form, exceedingly; and she bare him after Absalom. 7 And his words will be with Joab, son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they will help after Adonijah. 8 And Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, son of Jehoida, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty which were to David, were not with Adonijah. 9 And Adonijah will sacrifice sheep and oxen and the fatling, by the stone of Zoheleth, which is next the fountain of the fuller, and he will call all his brethren the king's sons, and for all the men of Judah the king's servants: 10 And Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty, and Solomon his brother, he called not. 11 And Nathan will say to Bathsheba, saying, Didst thou not hear that Adonijah son of Haggith reigned, and David our lord knew not? 12 Come now, advising, I will now advise thee, and save thou thy soul and the soul of thy son Solomon. 13 Come, go in to king David, and say to him, My lord the king, didst thou not swear to thy servant, saying, That Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? and wherefore did Adonijah reign? 1 Kings 1:1-13, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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