Dual Panel1Now king <04428> David <01732> was old <02204> (8804) [and] stricken <0935> (8804) in years <03117>_; and they covered <03680> (8762) him with clothes <0899>_, but he gat no heat <03179> (8799)_. {stricken...: Heb. entered into days}
2Wherefore his servants <05650> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Let there be sought <01245> (8762) for my lord <0113> the king <04428> a young <05291> virgin <01330>_: and let her stand <05975> (8804) before <06440> the king <04428>_, and let her cherish <05532> (8802) him, and let her lie <07901> (8804) in thy bosom <02436>_, that my lord <0113> the king <04428> may get heat <02552> (8804)_. {Let there...: Heb. Let them seek} {a young...: Heb. a damsel, a virgin} {cherish...: Heb. be a cherisher unto him}
3So they sought <01245> (8762) for a fair <03303> damsel <05291> throughout all the coasts <01366> of Israel <03478>_, and found <04672> (8799) Abishag <049> a Shunammite <07767>_, and brought <0935> (8686) her to the king <04428>_.
4And the damsel <05291> [was] very <03966> fair <03303>_, and cherished <05532> (8802) the king <04428>_, and ministered <08334> (8762) to him: but the king <04428> knew <03045> (8804) her not.
5Then Adonijah <0138> the son <01121> of Haggith <02294> exalted <04984> (8693) himself, saying <0559> (8800)_, I will be king <04427> (8799)_: and he prepared <06213> (8799) him chariots <07393> and horsemen <06571>_, and fifty <02572> men <0376> to run <07323> (8801) before <06440> him. {be king: Heb. reign}
6And his father <01> had not displeased <06087> (8804) him at any time <03117> in saying <0559> (8800)_, Why hast thou done so <06213> (8804)_? and he also [was a] very <03966> goodly <02896> <08389> [man]; and [his mother] bare <03205> (8804) him after <0310> Absalom <053>_. {at any...: Heb. from his days}
7And he conferred <01697> with Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>_, and with Abiathar <054> the priest <03548>_: and they following <0310> Adonijah <0138> helped <05826> (8799) [him]. {he...: Heb. his words were with} {following...: Heb. helped after Adonijah}
8But Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>_, and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>_, and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>_, and Shimei <08096>_, and Rei <07472>_, and the mighty men <01368> which [belonged] to David <01732>_, were not with Adonijah <0138>_.
9And Adonijah <0138> slew <02076> (8799) sheep <06629> and oxen <01241> and fat cattle <04806> by the stone <068> of Zoheleth <02120>_, which [is] by <0681> Enrogel <05883>_, and called <07121> (8799) all his brethren <0251> the king's <04428> sons <01121>_, and all the men <0582> of Judah <03063> the king's <04428> servants <05650>_: {Enrogel: or, the well Rogel}
10But Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>_, and Benaiah <01141>_, and the mighty men <01368>_, and Solomon <08010> his brother <0251>_, he called <07121> (8804) not.
11Wherefore Nathan <05416> spake <0559> (8799) unto Bathsheba <01339> the mother <0517> of Solomon <08010>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Hast thou not heard <08085> (8804) that Adonijah <0138> the son <01121> of Haggith <02294> doth reign <04427> (8804)_, and David <01732> our lord <0113> knoweth <03045> (8804) [it] not?
12Now therefore come <03212> (8798)_, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel <03289> (8799) <06098>_, that thou mayest save <04422> (8761) thine own life <05315>_, and the life <05315> of thy son <01121> Solomon <08010>_.
13Go <03212> (8798) and get thee in <0935> (8798) unto king <04428> David <01732>_, and say <0559> (8804) unto him, Didst not thou, my lord <0113>_, O king <04428>_, swear <07650> (8738) unto thine handmaid <0519>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Assuredly <03588> Solomon <08010> thy son <01121> shall reign <04427> (8799) after <0310> me, and he shall sit <03427> (8799) upon my throne <03678>_? why then doth Adonijah <0138> reign <04427> (8804)_?
14Behold, while thou yet talkest <01696> (8764) there with the king <04428>_, I also will come in <0935> (8799) after <0310> thee, and confirm <04390> (8765) thy words <01697>_. {confirm: Heb. fill up}
15And Bathsheba <01339> went in <0935> (8799) unto the king <04428> into the chamber <02315>_: and the king <04428> was very <03966> old <02204> (8804)_; and Abishag <049> the Shunammite <07767> ministered <08334> (8764) unto the king <04428>_.
16And Bathsheba <01339> bowed <06915> (8799)_, and did obeisance <07812> (8691) unto the king <04428>_. And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799)_, What wouldest thou? {What...: Heb. What to thee?}
17And she said <0559> (8799) unto him, My lord <0113>_, thou swarest <07650> (8738) by the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> unto thine handmaid <0519>_, [saying], Assuredly Solomon <08010> thy son <01121> shall reign <04427> (8799) after <0310> me, and he shall sit <03427> (8799) upon my throne <03678>_.
18And now, behold, Adonijah <0138> reigneth <04427> (8804)_; and now, my lord <0113> the king <04428>_, thou knowest <03045> (8804) [it] not:
19And he hath slain <02076> (8799) oxen <07794> and fat cattle <04806> and sheep <06629> in abundance <07230>_, and hath called <07121> (8799) all the sons <01121> of the king <04428>_, and Abiathar <054> the priest <03548>_, and Joab <03097> the captain <08269> of the host <06635>_: but Solomon <08010> thy servant <05650> hath he not called <07121> (8804)_.
20And thou, my lord <0113>_, O king <04428>_, the eyes <05869> of all Israel <03478> [are] upon thee, that thou shouldest tell <05046> (8687) them who shall sit <03427> (8799) on the throne <03678> of my lord <0113> the king <04428> after <0310> him.
21Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord <0113> the king <04428> shall sleep <07901> (8800) with his fathers <01>_, that I and my son <01121> Solomon <08010> shall be counted offenders <02400>_. {offenders: Heb. sinners}
22And, lo, while she yet talked <01696> (8764) with the king <04428>_, Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030> also came in <0935> (8804)_.
23And they told <05046> (8686) the king <04428>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Behold Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>_. And when he was come in <0935> (8799) before <06440> the king <04428>_, he bowed <07812> (8691) himself before the king <04428> with his face <0639> to the ground <0776>_.
24And Nathan <05416> said <0559> (8799)_, My lord <0113>_, O king <04428>_, hast thou said <0559> (8804)_, Adonijah <0138> shall reign <04427> (8799) after <0310> me, and he shall sit <03427> (8799) upon my throne <03678>_?
25For he is gone down <03381> (8804) this day <03117>_, and hath slain <02076> (8799) oxen <07794> and fat cattle <04806> and sheep <06629> in abundance <07230>_, and hath called <07121> (8799) all the king's <04428> sons <01121>_, and the captains <08269> of the host <06635>_, and Abiathar <054> the priest <03548>_; and, behold, they eat <0398> (8802) and drink <08354> (8802) before <06440> him, and say <0559> (8799)_, God save <02421> (8799) king <04428> Adonijah <0138>_. {God...: Heb. Let king Adonijah live}
26But me, [even] me thy servant <05650>_, and Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>_, and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>_, and thy servant <05650> Solomon <08010>_, hath he not called <07121> (8804)_.
27Is this thing <01697> done <01961> (8738) by my lord <0113> the king <04428>_, and thou hast not shewed <03045> (8689) [it] unto thy servant <05650>_, who should sit <03427> (8799) on the throne <03678> of my lord <0113> the king <04428> after <0310> him?
28Then king <04428> David <01732> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799)_, Call <07121> (8798) me Bathsheba <01339>_. And she came <0935> (8799) into the king's <04428> presence <06440>_, and stood <05975> (8799) before <06440> the king <04428>_. {into...: Heb. before the king}
29And the king <04428> sware <07650> (8735)_, and said <0559> (8799)_, [As] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>_, that hath redeemed <06299> (8804) my soul <05315> out of all distress <06869>_,
30Even as I sware <07650> (8738) unto thee by the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Assuredly Solomon <08010> thy son <01121> shall reign <04427> (8799) after <0310> me, and he shall sit <03427> (8799) upon my throne <03678> in my stead; even so will I certainly do <06213> (8799) this day <03117>_.
31Then Bathsheba <01339> bowed <06915> (8799) with [her] face <0639> to the earth <0776>_, and did reverence <07812> (8691) to the king <04428>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Let my lord <0113> king <04428> David <01732> live <02421> (8799) for ever <05769>_.
32And king <04428> David <01732> said <0559> (8799)_, Call <07121> (8798) me Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>_, and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>_, and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>_. And they came <0935> (8799) before <06440> the king <04428>_.
33The king <04428> also said <0559> (8799) unto them, Take <03947> (8798) with you the servants <05650> of your lord <0113>_, and cause Solomon <08010> my son <01121> to ride <07392> (8689) upon mine own mule <06506>_, and bring him down <03381> (8689) to Gihon <01521>_: {mine...: Heb. which belongeth to me}
34And let Zadok <06659> the priest <03548> and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030> anoint <04886> (8804) him there king <04428> over Israel <03478>_: and blow <08628> (8804) ye with the trumpet <07782>_, and say <0559> (8804)_, God save <02421> (8799) king <04428> Solomon <08010>_.
35Then ye shall come up <05927> (8804) after <0310> him, that he may come <0935> (8804) and sit <03427> (8804) upon my throne <03678>_; for he shall be king <04427> (8799) in my stead: and I have appointed <06680> (8765) him to be ruler <05057> over Israel <03478> and over Judah <03063>_.
36And Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077> answered <06030> (8799) the king <04428>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Amen <0543>_: the LORD <03068> God <0430> of my lord <0113> the king <04428> say <0559> (8799) so [too].
37As the LORD <03068> hath been with my lord <0113> the king <04428>_, even so be he with Solomon <08010>_, and make <01431> (0) his throne <03678> greater <01431> (8762) than the throne <03678> of my lord <0113> king <04428> David <01732>_.
38So Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>_, and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>_, and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>_, and the Cherethites <03774>_, and the Pelethites <06432>_, went down <03381> (8799)_, and caused Solomon <08010> to ride <07392> (8686) upon king <04428> David's <01732> mule <06506>_, and brought <03212> (8686) him to Gihon <01521>_.
39And Zadok <06659> the priest <03548> took <03947> (8799) an horn <07161> of oil <08081> out of the tabernacle <0168>_, and anointed <04886> (8799) Solomon <08010>_. And they blew <08628> (8799) the trumpet <07782>_; and all the people <05971> said <0559> (8799)_, God save <02421> (8799) king <04428> Solomon <08010>_.
40And all the people <05971> came up <05927> (8799) after <0310> him, and the people <05971> piped <02490> (8764) with pipes <02485>_, and rejoiced <08056> with great <01419> joy <08057>_, so that the earth <0776> rent <01234> (8735) with the sound <06963> of them. {pipes: or, flutes}
41And Adonijah <0138> and all the guests <07121> (8803) that [were] with him heard <08085> (8799) [it] as they had made an end <03615> (8765) of eating <0398> (8800)_. And when Joab <03097> heard <08085> (8799) the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>_, he said <0559> (8799)_, Wherefore [is this] noise <06963> of the city <07151> being in an uproar <01993> (8802)_?
42And while he yet spake <01696> (8764)_, behold, Jonathan <03129> the son <01121> of Abiathar <054> the priest <03548> came <0935> (8804)_: and Adonijah <0138> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Come in <0935> (8798)_; for thou [art] a valiant <02428> man <0376> (8676) <0381>_, and bringest <01319> (0) good <02896> tidings <01319> (8762)_.
43And Jonathan <03129> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799) to Adonijah <0138>_, Verily <061> our lord <0113> king <04428> David <01732> hath made Solomon <08010> king <04427> (8689)_.
44And the king <04428> hath sent <07971> (8799) with him Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>_, and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>_, and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>_, and the Cherethites <03774>_, and the Pelethites <06432>_, and they have caused him to ride <07392> (8686) upon the king's <04428> mule <06506>_:
45And Zadok <06659> the priest <03548> and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030> have anointed <04886> (8799) him king <04428> in Gihon <01521>_: and they are come up <05927> (8799) from thence rejoicing <08056>_, so that the city <07151> rang again <01949> (8735)_. This [is] the noise <06963> that ye have heard <08085> (8804)_.
46And also Solomon <08010> sitteth <03427> (8804) on the throne <03678> of the kingdom <04410>_.
47And moreover the king's <04428> servants <05650> came <0935> (8804) to bless <01288> (8763) our lord <0113> king <04428> David <01732>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, God <0430> make the name <08034> of Solomon <08010> better <03190> (8686) than thy name <08034>_, and make <01431> (0) his throne <03678> greater <01431> (8762) than thy throne <03678>_. And the king <04428> bowed <07812> (8691) himself upon the bed <04904>_.
48And also thus said <0559> (8804) the king <04428>_, Blessed <01288> (8803) [be] the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, which hath given <05414> (8804) [one] to sit <03427> (8802) on my throne <03678> this day <03117>_, mine eyes <05869> even seeing <07200> (8802) [it].
49And all the guests <07121> (8803) that [were] with Adonijah <0138> were afraid <02729> (8799)_, and rose up <06965> (8799)_, and went <03212> (8799) every man <0376> his way <01870>_.
50And Adonijah <0138> feared <03372> (8804) because <06440> of Solomon <08010>_, and arose <06965> (8799)_, and went <03212> (8799)_, and caught hold <02388> (8686) on the horns <07161> of the altar <04196>_.
51And it was told <05046> (8714) Solomon <08010>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Behold, Adonijah <0138> feareth <03372> (8804) king <04428> Solomon <08010>_: for, lo, he hath caught hold <0270> (8804) on the horns <07161> of the altar <04196>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Let king <04428> Solomon <08010> swear <07650> (8735) unto me to day <03117> that he will not slay <04191> (8686) his servant <05650> with the sword <02719>_.
52And Solomon <08010> said <0559> (8799)_, If he will shew himself a worthy <02428> man <01121>_, there shall not an hair <08185> of him fall <05307> (8799) to the earth <0776>_: but if wickedness <07451> shall be found <04672> (8735) in him, he shall die <04191> (8804)_.
53So king <04428> Solomon <08010> sent <07971> (8799)_, and they brought him down <03381> (8686) from the altar <04196>_. And he came <0935> (8799) and bowed <07812> (8691) himself to king <04428> Solomon <08010>_: and Solomon <08010> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Go <03212> (8798) to thine house <01004>_.