Dual Panel1King <04428> David <01732> was very old <03117> <0935> <02204>; even when they covered <03680> him with blankets <0899>, he could not <03808> get warm <03179>.
2His servants <05650> advised <0559> him, “A young virgin <01330> <05291> must be found <01245> for our master <0113>, the king <04428>, to take care <06440> <05975> of the king’s <04428> needs and serve <01961> as his nurse <05532>. She can also sleep <07901> with you and keep our master <0113>, the king <04428>, warm <02552>.”
3So they looked <01245> through all <03605> Israel <03478> for a beautiful <03303> young woman <05291> and found <04672> Abishag <049>, a Shunammite <07767>, and brought <0935> her to the king <04428>.
4The young woman <05291> was very <03966> beautiful <03303>; she became <01961> the king’s <04428> nurse <05532> and served <08334> him, but the king <04428> did not <03808> have sexual relations <03045> with her.
5Now Adonijah <0138>, son <01121> of David and Haggith <02294>, was promoting <05375> himself, boasting <0559>, “I <0589> will be king <04427>!” He managed <06213> to acquire chariots <07393> and horsemen <06571>, as well as fifty <02572> men <0376> to serve as his royal guard <07323>.
6(Now his father <01> had never <03808> corrected <06087> him by saying <0559>, “Why <04069> do you do <06213> such things <03602>?” He <01931> was also <01571> very <03966> handsome <08389> <02896> and had been born <03205> right after <0310> Absalom <053>.)
7He collaborated <01697> <01961> with <05973> Joab <03097> son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> and with <05973> Abiathar <054> the priest <03548>, and they supported <0310> <05826> him <0138>.
8But Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>, Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>, Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>, Shimei <08096>, Rei <07472>, and David’s <01732> elite warriors <01368> did not <03808> ally <01961> themselves with <05973> Adonijah <0138>.
9Adonijah <0138> sacrificed <02076> sheep <06629>, cattle <01241>, and fattened steers <04806> at <05973> the Stone <068> of Zoheleth <02120> near <0681> En Rogel <05883>. He invited <07121> all <03605> his brothers <0251>, the king’s <04428> sons <01121>, as well as all <03605> the men <0376> of Judah <03063>, the king’s <04428> servants <05650>.
10But he did not <03808> invite <07121> Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>, Benaiah <01141>, the elite warriors <01368>, or his brother <0251> Solomon <08010>.
11Nathan <05416> said <0559> to <0413> Bathsheba <01339>, Solomon’s <08010> mother <0517>, “Has it been reported <08085> to you that <03588> Haggith’s <02294> son <01121> Adonijah <0138> has become king <04427> behind <03045> <03808> our master <0113> David’s <01732> back <03045> <03808>?
12Now <06258> let <04994> me give <03289> you some advice <06098> as to how you can save <04422> your life <05315> and your son <01121> Solomon’s <08010> life <05315>.
13Visit <0935> <01980> King <04428> David <01732> and say <0559> to <0413> him, ‘My master <0113>, O king <04428>, did you <0859> not <03808> solemnly promise <07650> your servant <0519>, “Surely <03588> your son <01121> Solomon <08010> will be king <04427> after <0310> me; he <01931> will sit <03427> on <05921> my throne <03678>”? So why <04069> has Adonijah <0138> become king <04427>?’
14While you are still <05750> there <08033> speaking <01696> to <05973> the king <04428>, I <0589> will arrive <0935> and verify <04390> your report <01697>.”
15So Bathsheba <01339> visited <0935> the king <04428> in <0413> his private quarters <02315>. (The king <04428> was very <03966> old <02204>, and Abishag <049> the Shunammite <07767> was serving <08334> the king <04428>.)
16Bathsheba <01339> bowed down <06915> on the floor before the king <04428>. The king <04428> said <0559>, “What <04100> do you want?”
17She replied <0559> to him, “My master <0113>, you <0859> swore <07650> an oath to your servant <0519> by the Lord <03068> your God <0430>, ‘Solomon <08010> your son <01121> will be king <04427> after <0310> me and he <01931> will sit <03427> on <05921> my throne <03678>.’
18But now <06258>, look <02009>, Adonijah <0138> has become king <04427>! But you, my master <0113> the king <04428>, are not <03808> even aware <03045> of it!
19He has sacrificed <02076> many <07230> cattle <07794>, steers <04806>, and sheep <06629> and has invited <07121> all <03605> the king’s <04428> sons <01121>, Abiathar <054> the priest <03548>, and Joab <03097>, the commander <08269> of the army <06635>, but he has not <03808> invited <07121> your servant <05650> Solomon <08010>.
20Now, my master <0113>, O king <04428>, all <03605> Israel <03478> is watching <05921> anxiously to see <05046> who <04310> is named to succeed <03427> my master <0113> the king <04428> on <05921> the throne <03678>.
21If a decision is not made, when <01961> my master <0113> the king <04428> is buried <07901> with <05973> his ancestors <01>, my son <01121> Solomon <08010> and I <0589> will be <01961> considered state criminals <02400>.”
22Just then <02009>, while she was still <05750> speaking <01696> to <05973> the king <04428>, Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030> arrived <0935>.
23The king <04428> was told <05046>, “Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030> is here.” Nathan entered <0935> and bowed <07812> before <06440> the king <04428> with his face <0639> to <05921> the floor <0776>.
24Nathan <05416> said <0559>, “My master <0113>, O king <04428>, did you <0859> announce <0559>, ‘Adonijah <0138> will be king <04427> after <0310> me; he <01931> will sit <03427> on <05921> my throne <03678>’?
25For <03588> today <03117> he has gone down <03381> and sacrificed <02076> many <07230> cattle <07794>, steers <04806>, and sheep <06629> and has invited <07121> all <03605> the king’s <04428> sons <01121>, the army <06635> commanders <08269>, and Abiathar <054> the priest <03548>. At this moment <02009> they are having <0398> a feast <08354> in his presence <06440>, and they have declared <0559>, ‘Long live <02421> King <04428> Adonijah <0138>!’
26But he did not <03808> invite <07121> me <0589>– your servant <05650>– or Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>, or Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>, or your servant <05650> Solomon <08010>.
27Has my master <0113> the king <04428> authorized <01697> <01961> this <02088> without <03808> informing <03045> your servants <05650> who <04310> should succeed <0310> my master <0113> the king <04428> on <05921> his throne <03678>?”
28King <04428> David <01732> responded <06030>, “Summon <07121> Bathsheba <01339>!” She came <0935> and stood <05975> before <06440> the king <04428>.
29The king <04428> swore <07650> an oath: “As certainly as the Lord <03068> lives <02416> (he who <0834> has rescued <06299> me <05315> from every <03605> danger <06869>),
30I will keep <06213> today <02088> <03117> the oath I swore <07650> to you by the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>: ‘Surely <03588> Solomon <08010> your son <01121> will be king <04427> after <0310> me; he <01931> will sit <03427> in <05921> my place <08478> on my throne <03678>.’”
31Bathsheba <01339> bowed down <06915> to the king <04428> with her face <0639> to the floor <0776> and said <0559>, “May my master <0113>, King <04428> David <01732>, live <02421> forever <05769>!”
32King <04428> David <01732> said <0559>, “Summon <07121> Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>, Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>, and Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>.” They came <0935> before <06440> the king <04428>,
33and he <04428> told <0559> them, “Take <03947> your master’s <0113> servants <05650> with <05973> you, put <07392> my son <01121> Solomon <08010> on <05921> my mule <06506>, and lead <03381> him down <03381> to <0413> Gihon <01521>.
34There <08033> Zadok <06659> the priest <03548> and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030> will anoint <04886> him king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>; then blow <08628> the trumpet <07782> and declare <0559>, ‘Long live <02421> King <04428> Solomon <08010>!’
35Then follow <0310> <05927> him up <05927> as he comes <0935> and sits <03427> on <05921> my throne <03678>. He <01931> will be king <04427> in my place <08478>; I have decreed <06680> that he will be <01961> ruler <05057> over <05921> Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>.”
36Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077> responded <06030> to the king <04428>: “So be it <0543>! May <03651> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of my master <0113> the king <04428> confirm <0559> it!
37As <0834> the Lord <03068> is <01961> with <05973> my master <0113> the king <04428>, so <03651> may he be <01961> with <05973> Solomon <08010>, and may he make <01431> him an even greater <01431> king <03678> than my master <0113> King <04428> David <01732>!”
38So Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>, Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>, Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>, the Kerethites <03746>, and the Pelethites <06432> went down <03381>, put <07392> Solomon <08010> on <05921> King <04428> David’s <01732> mule <06506>, and led <01980> him to <05921> Gihon <01521>.
39Zadok <06659> the priest <03548> took <03947> a horn <07161> filled with olive oil <08081> from <04480> the tent <0168> and poured <04886> it on <04886> Solomon <08010>; the trumpet <07782> was blown <08628> and all <03605> the people <05971> declared <0559>, “Long live <02421> King <04428> Solomon <08010>!”
40All <03605> the people <05971> <05971> followed <0310> <05927> him up <0310> <05927>, playing <02490> flutes <02485> and celebrating <08057> <08056> so loudly <01419> they made the ground <0776> shake <01234>.
41Now Adonijah <0138> and all <03605> his guests heard <08085> the commotion <07121> just <0834> as they <01992> had finished <03615> eating <0398>. When Joab <03097> heard <08085> the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>, he asked <0559>, “Why <04069> is there such a noisy <06963> commotion <01993> in the city <07151>?”
42As he was still <05750> speaking <01696>, Jonathan <03129> son <01121> of Abiathar <054> the priest <03548> arrived <0935>. Adonijah <0138> said <0559>, “Come <0935> in, for <03588> an important <02428> man <0376> like you <0859> must be bringing <01319> good <02896> news <01319>.”
43Jonathan <03129> replied <0559> <06030> to Adonijah <0138>: “No <061>! Our master <0113> King <04428> David <01732> has made <04427> Solomon <08010> king.
44The king <04428> sent <07971> with <0854> him Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>, Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>, Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>, the Kerethites <03774>, and the Pelethites <06432> and they put <07392> him on <05921> the king’s <04428> mule <06506>.
45Then Zadok <06659> the priest <03548> and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030> anointed <04886> him king <04428> in Gihon <01521>. They went up <05927> from there <08033> rejoicing <08056>, and the city <07151> is in an uproar <01949>. That <01931> is the sound <06963> you hear <08085>.
46Furthermore <01571>, Solomon <08010> has assumed <03427> the royal <04410> throne <03678>.
47The king’s <04428> servants <05650> have even <01571> come <0935> to congratulate <01288> our master <0113> King <04428> David <01732>, saying <0559>, ‘May your God <0430> make Solomon <08010> more famous <08034> than you and make him an even greater <01431> king <03678> than you!’ Then the king <04428> leaned <07812> on <05921> the bed <04904>
48and <01571> said <0559> this <03602>: ‘The Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> is worthy of praise <01288> because <0834> today <03117> he has placed <05414> a successor <03427> on <05921> my throne <03678> and allowed me to see <07200> it.’”
49All <03605> of Adonijah’s <0138> guests <07121> panicked <02729>; they jumped up <06965> and rushed off <01980> their separate ways <01870>.
50Adonijah <0138> feared <03372> Solomon <08010>, so he got up <06965> and went <01980> and grabbed hold <02388> of the horns <07161> of the altar <04196>.
51Solomon <08010> was told <05046>, “Look <02009>, Adonijah <0138> fears <03372> you; see <02009>, he has taken hold <0270> of the horns <07161> of the altar <04196>, saying <0559>, ‘May King <04428> Solomon <08010> solemnly promise <07650> me today <03117> that he will not <0518> kill <04191> his servant <05650> with the sword <02719>.’”
52Solomon <08010> said <0559>, “If <0518> he is <01961> a loyal <02428> subject <01121>, not <03808> a hair of his head <08185> will be harmed <05307>, but if <0518> he is found <04672> to be a traitor <07451>, he will die <04191>.”
53King <04428> Solomon <08010> sent <07971> men to bring <03381> him down <03381> from <05921> the altar <04196>. He came <0935> and bowed down <07812> to King <04428> Solomon <08010>, and Solomon <08010> told <0559> him, “Go <01980> home <01004>.”