Now King David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm. 1Ch 29:27-28Jos 23:1-21Ch 23:1Psa 90:102Sa 5:4Gen 18:11Gen 24:1Luk 1:7 Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king. Let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.” Ecc 4:11Gen 16:5Mic 7:51Sa 16:21-222Sa 12:3Deu 10:8Deu 13:62Ch 29:11 So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. Est 2:4Jos 19:18Est 2:22Ki 4:81Sa 28:41Ki 2:17-252Ki 4:25 The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and served him; but the king didn’t know her intimately. Mat 1:25
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 2Sa 15:12Sa 3:41Ch 28:51Ch 29:11Ki 1:111Ki 2:24Deu 17:15-16Exo 9:17 His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, “Why have you done so?” and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom. 2Sa 3:3-41Sa 3:131Ch 3:2Heb 12:5-6Pro 22:15Pro 23:13-14Pro 29:151Sa 10:23 He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him. 2Sa 20:251Ki 2:221Ch 11:61Ki 2:26-351Sa 22:20-232Sa 15:122Sa 15:24-292Sa 15:35 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who 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
Adonijah killed sheep, cattle, and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants; 2Sa 17:172Sa 13:23-272Sa 15:11-12Jos 15:7Pro 15:8 but he didn’t call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother. 2Sa 12:241Ki 1:191Ki 1:82Sa 12:1-15
Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Haven’t you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn’t know it? 2Sa 3:41Ch 22:9-101Ch 28:4-51Ch 29:12Sa 12:24-252Sa 7:12-17 Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life and your son Solomon’s life. 1Ki 1:212Ch 21:42Ch 22:102Ki 11:1Act 27:31Gen 19:17Jdg 9:5Jer 38:15 Go in to King David, and tell him, ‘Didn’t you, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then does Adonijah reign?’ 1Ki 1:301Ki 1:171Ch 22:6-131Ki 2:12Luk 1:32-33Psa 132:11-121Ch 29:231Ki 1:11 Behold, 1 while you are still talking there with the king, I will also come in after you and confirm your words.” 2Co 13:11Ki 1:17-27
Bathsheba went in to the king in his room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king. 1Ki 1:1 Bathsheba bowed and showed respect to the king. The king said, “What would you like?” 1Sa 20:411Sa 24:81Sa 25:231Ki 1:231Ki 2:20Est 7:2Mat 20:21Mat 20:32
She said to him, “My lord, you swore by the LORD 2 your God 3 to your servant, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’ 1Ki 1:131Ki 1:301Pe 3:6Gen 18:12 Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don’t know it. 1Ki 1:241Ki 1:111Ki 1:271Ki 1:52Sa 15:10Act 3:17 He has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn’t called Solomon your servant. 1Ki 1:251Ki 1:7-10 You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who will 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 will happen, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.” 1Ki 2:10Deu 31:161Ki 2:151Ki 2:22-242Sa 7:12Gen 15:15
Behold, while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in. Dan 9:20Gen 24:15Job 1:16-18 They told the king, saying, “Behold, Nathan the prophet!” 1Ki 1:161Pe 2:17Rom 13:7
When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. Nathan said, “My lord, King, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’? 1Ki 1:13-141Ki 1:17-181Ki 1:5 For he has gone down today, and has slain cattle, fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest. Behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ 1Sa 10:241Ki 1:191Ki 1:91Ch 29:131Ch 29:211Ki 1:341Sa 11:14-152Ch 23:11 But he hasn’t called me, even me your servant, Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon. 1Ki 1:81Ki 1:101Ki 1:192Sa 12:252Sa 7:12-172Sa 7:2 Was this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven’t shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?” 1Ki 1:242Ki 4:27Jhn 15:15
Then King David answered, “Call Bathsheba in to me.” She came into the king’s presence and stood before the king. The king vowed and said, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 2Sa 4:9Psa 136:241Ki 17:11Ki 18:101Ki 2:241Sa 14:391Sa 14:451Sa 19:6 most certainly as I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place;’ I will most certainly do this today.” 1Ki 1:131Ki 1:17
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth and showed respect to the king, and said, “Let my lord King David live forever!” Dan 2:4Dan 3:9Dan 5:101Ki 1:252Sa 9:6Dan 6:21Dan 6:6Est 3:2
King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king. 1Ki 1:81Ki 1:261Ki 1:38 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. 2Ch 32:301Ki 1:382Ch 33:141Ki 1:44-451Ki 1:52Sa 20:6-7Est 6:6-11Gen 41:43 Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Blow the trumpet, and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ 1Ki 1:251Sa 10:12Sa 15:101Ki 19:161Sa 16:32Ki 11:122Ki 9:132Ki 9:3 Then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place. I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.” 1Ch 23:11Ch 28:4-51Ki 1:131Ki 1:171Ki 2:121Ki 2:15Psa 2:6Psa 72:1-2
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, “Amen. May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say so. 1Ch 17:271Co 14:161Sa 25:29Deu 27:15-26Jer 11:5Jer 28:6Mat 28:20Mat 6:13 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.” 1Ki 1:471Sa 20:13Jos 1:17Jos 1:51Ch 28:201Ki 3:7-92Ch 1:12Ki 2:9
So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on 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 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!” Psa 89:201Ch 29:221Ki 1:341Sa 10:241Ki 1:251Sa 16:132Ch 23:112Ch 23:13
All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with their sound. 1Ch 12:38-401Sa 11:152Ki 11:142Ki 11:20Dan 3:5Luk 19:37Psa 97:1Rev 11:15-18 Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why 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
While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said, “Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.” 2Sa 15:362Sa 17:172Sa 18:272Sa 15:271Ki 22:181Th 5:2-32Ki 9:22Isa 57:21
Jonathan answered Adonijah, “Most certainly our lord King David has made Solomon king. The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king’s mule. Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard. 1Ki 1:401Ki 14:61Sa 28:141Sa 4:5Dan 5:26-28Ezr 3:13 Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom. 1Ch 29:23Psa 132:111Ki 1:13Hag 2:22 Moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;’ and the king bowed himself on the bed. 1Ki 1:37Gen 47:312Sa 21:32Sa 8:10Exo 12:32Ezr 6:10Heb 11:21Luk 19:38 Also thus said the king, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne today, my eyes even seeing it.’” 1Ki 3:6Psa 132:11-121Ch 17:11-141Ch 17:171Ch 29:101Ch 29:201Pe 1:32Sa 24:3
All the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and each man went his way. Dan 5:4-6Isa 21:4-5Pro 28:1 Adonijah was afraid because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and hung onto the horns of the altar. 1Ki 2:28Exo 21:14Exo 27:2Exo 38:2Psa 118:27 Solomon was told, “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon; for, behold, he is hanging onto the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”
Solomon said, “If he shows himself a worthy man, not a hair of his shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is 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. He came and bowed down to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.” 1Ki 1:161Ki 1:311Ki 2:362Sa 1:22Sa 14:242Sa 14:28Pro 24:21