Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 1 1Ch 29:27-28Jos 23:1-21Ch 23:1Psa 90:102Sa 5:4Gen 18:11Gen 24:1Luk 1:7 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. 2 4 3 Ecc 4:11Gen 16:5Mic 7:51Sa 16:21-222Sa 12:3Deu 10:8Deu 13:62Ch 29:11 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. Est 2:4Jos 19:18Est 2:22Ki 4:81Sa 28:41Ki 2:17-252Ki 4:25 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. Mat 1:25
¶ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 5 2Sa 15:12Sa 3:41Ch 28:51Ch 29:11Ki 1:111Ki 2:24Deu 17:15-16Exo 9:17 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. 6 2Sa 3:3-41Sa 3:131Ch 3:2Heb 12:5-6Pro 22:15Pro 23:13-14Pro 29:151Sa 10:23 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. 7 8 2Sa 20:251Ki 2:221Ch 11:61Ki 2:26-351Sa 22:20-232Sa 15:122Sa 15:24-292Sa 15:35 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. 1Ki 4:182Sa 20:252Sa 23:8-391Ch 11:10-471Ch 27:5-61Ki 2:352Sa 12:1-152Sa 7:2-4 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants: 9 2Sa 17:172Sa 13:23-272Sa 15:11-12Jos 15:7Pro 15:8 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. 2Sa 12:241Ki 1:191Ki 1:82Sa 12:1-15
¶ Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 2Sa 3:41Ch 22:9-101Ch 28:4-51Ch 29:12Sa 12:24-252Sa 7:12-17 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 1Ki 1:212Ch 21:42Ch 22:102Ki 11:1Act 27:31Gen 19:17Jdg 9:5Jer 38:15 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? 1Ki 1:301Ki 1:171Ch 22:6-131Ki 2:12Luk 1:32-33Psa 132:11-121Ch 29:231Ki 1:11 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. 10 2Co 13:11Ki 1:17-27
¶ And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 1Ki 1:1 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? 11 1Sa 20:411Sa 24:81Sa 25:231Ki 1:231Ki 2:20Est 7:2Mat 20:21Mat 20:32 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. 1Ki 1:131Ki 1:301Pe 3:6Gen 18:12 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not: 1Ki 1:241Ki 1:111Ki 1:271Ki 1:52Sa 15:10Act 3:17 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called. 1Ki 1:251Ki 1:7-10 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 1Ch 22:8-101Ch 28:101Ch 28:5-61Ch 29:12Ch 20:122Sa 23:2Psa 123:2Psa 25:15 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 12 1Ki 2:10Deu 31:161Ki 2:151Ki 2:22-242Sa 7:12Gen 15:15
¶ And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. Dan 9:20Gen 24:15Job 1:16-18 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 1Ki 1:161Pe 2:17Rom 13:7 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 1Ki 1:13-141Ki 1:17-181Ki 1:5 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king’s sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. 13 1Sa 10:241Ki 1:191Ki 1:91Ch 29:131Ch 29:211Ki 1:341Sa 11:14-152Ch 23:11 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. 1Ki 1:81Ki 1:101Ki 1:192Sa 12:252Sa 7:12-172Sa 7:2 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 1Ki 1:242Ki 4:27Jhn 15:15
¶ Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king. 14 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, 2Sa 4:9Psa 136:241Ki 17:11Ki 18:101Ki 2:241Sa 14:391Sa 14:451Sa 19:6 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. 1Ki 1:131Ki 1:17 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. Dan 2:4Dan 3:9Dan 5:101Ki 1:252Sa 9:6Dan 6:21Dan 6:6Est 3:2
¶ And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. 1Ki 1:81Ki 1:261Ki 1:38 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: 15 2Ch 32:301Ki 1:382Ch 33:141Ki 1:44-451Ki 1:52Sa 20:6-7Est 6:6-11Gen 41:43 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 1Ki 1:251Sa 10:12Sa 15:101Ki 19:161Sa 16:32Ki 11:122Ki 9:132Ki 9:3 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may 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. 1Ch 23:11Ch 28:4-51Ki 1:131Ki 1:171Ki 2:121Ki 2:15Psa 2:6Psa 72:1-2 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. 1Ch 17:271Co 14:161Sa 25:29Deu 27:15-26Jer 11:5Jer 28:6Mat 28:20Mat 6:13 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. 1Ki 1:471Sa 20:13Jos 1:17Jos 1:51Ch 28:201Ki 3:7-92Ch 1:12Ki 2:9 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon. 2Sa 8:181Ki 1:81Ch 18:171Ki 1:261Ki 1:331Sa 30:142Sa 15:182Sa 20:20-23 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. Psa 89:201Ch 29:221Ki 1:341Sa 10:241Ki 1:251Sa 16:132Ch 23:112Ch 23:13 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. 16 1Ch 12:38-401Sa 11:152Ki 11:142Ki 11:20Dan 3:5Luk 19:37Psa 97:1Rev 11:15-18
¶ And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? Act 21:31Ecc 7:4-6Exo 32:17Job 15:21-22Job 20:5Luk 17:26-29Mat 21:15Mat 21:9-11 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. 2Sa 15:362Sa 17:172Sa 18:272Sa 15:271Ki 22:181Th 5:2-32Ki 9:22Isa 57:21 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule: And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. 1Ki 1:401Ki 14:61Sa 28:141Sa 4:5Dan 5:26-28Ezr 3:13 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 1Ch 29:23Psa 132:111Ki 1:13Hag 2:22 And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. 1Ki 1:37Gen 47:312Sa 21:32Sa 8:10Exo 12:32Ezr 6:10Heb 11:21Luk 19:38 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. 1Ki 3:6Psa 132:11-121Ch 17:11-141Ch 17:171Ch 29:101Ch 29:201Pe 1:32Sa 24:3 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. Dan 5:4-6Isa 21:4-5Pro 28:1
¶ And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 1Ki 2:28Exo 21:14Exo 27:2Exo 38:2Psa 118:27 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 1Sa 14:452Sa 14:11Pro 13:61Ki 2:21-25Job 15:22Pro 21:12Act 27:34Luk 21:18 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. 1Ki 1:161Ki 1:311Ki 2:362Sa 1:22Sa 14:242Sa 14:28Pro 24:21