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1 KINGS 1:1

Now king David was old [and] stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. ...

1 KINGS 1:2

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. ...

1 KINGS 1:3

So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. ...

1 KINGS 1:4

And the damsel [was] very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. ...

1 KINGS 1:5

# 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. ...

1 KINGS 1:6

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. ...

1 KINGS 1:7

And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped [him]. ...

1 KINGS 1:8

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. ...

1 KINGS 1:9

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: ...

1 KINGS 1:10

But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. ...

1 KINGS 1:11

# 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? ...

1 KINGS 1:12

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. ...