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13 And Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she said, “Do you come In peace?” And he said, “In peace.” 14 And he said, “A word to me is to you.” And she said, “Speak.” 15 And he said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and on me had set their faces all Israel that I should reign. And the kingdom has been turned over, and has become to my brother, for from YHWH it has come to him. 16 And one request I ask of you; do not deny me.” And she said to him, “Speak.” 17 And he said, “Speak, please, to Solomon the King, for he will not refuse you, that he may give to me Abishag the Shunammitess for a wife.” 18 And Bathsheba said, “Good; I will speak for you to the king.” 19 And Bathsheba came in to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and he bowed low to her and sat down on his throne, and he set a throne for the mother of the king. And she sat at his right hand. 20 And she said, “One small request I desire of you. Do not turn back my face.” And the king said to her, “Ask it, my mother, for I will not turn back your face.” 21 And she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammitess be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.” 22 And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammitess for Adonijah? And also ask for him the kingdom—for he is older brother to me—even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah.” 23 And King Solomon swore by YHWH, saying, “Thus may do to me God, and thus may He add, if against his own life Adonijah has not spoken this word. 24 And now as YHWH lives, who has confirmed me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has established for me a house as He promised, surely today Adonijah shall be put to death.” 25 And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck him down, and he died. 1 Kings 2:13-25, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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