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And his servants said to him, Let there be found 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 warm.

Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestWarmingThose Looking For Peopleteenager

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

Verse ConceptsThose Looking For People

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

Verse ConceptsAbsence Of Sex

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.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Bad KidsLove, Abuse OfRashnessRunningSolomon, Life OfWorldly Ambition ExamplesFifties

His father did not rebuke him {at any time} [by] saying, "Why did you do so?" Now he was also very handsome of appearance; she had borne him after Absalom.

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofOpposition, To Sin And EvilRestraintBeauty, In MenNot Asking OthersSoft TreatmentHandsome Men

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.

Verse ConceptsGuardsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened cattle near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah, the servants of the king,

Verse ConceptsSheep

but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he didn't call.

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith is king, and David our lord does not know it?

Verse ConceptsMothers Of KingsIgnorant Of FactsMothers And Sons

Come now, please let me advise you and save your life and the life of your son Solomon.

Verse ConceptsKeeping Oneself AliveMan's Counsel

Go and get thee in to king David, and say to him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear to thy handmaid saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?

Verse ConceptsSittingThrone

Then, while you are still talking to the king, I'll come in after you and verify your statement."

Verse ConceptsWhile Still Speaking

And Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber; and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered to the king.

Verse ConceptsElderlyBedroomsOld Age, Attainment OfPrivate RoomsDeath Approaching

And Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Verse ConceptsBowingBowing Before David

And she said to him, My lord, thou hast sworn by Jehovah thy God to thy handmaid, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

But now, behold, Adonijah is [acting as] king; and now [as things stand], my lord the king, you do not know it.

Verse ConceptsIgnorant Of Facts

He has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn't called Solomon your servant.

And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are on thee, to declare to them who doth sit on the throne of my lord the king after him;

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.

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenWe Have Sinned

While she was still talking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

Verse ConceptsWhile Still Speaking

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.

Verse ConceptsBowing Before David

“My lord the king,” Nathan said, “did you say, ‘Adonijah is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne’?

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.

Verse ConceptsFeasting

But he hasn't called me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.

Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewn to thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

Verse ConceptsThose Who Did Not Tell

Then king David answered and said, Call to me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

Verse ConceptsKings Summoning

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.

Verse ConceptsSolomon, Life Of

Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

Verse ConceptsBowing Before David

And king David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

Verse ConceptsKings SummoningNamed Prophets Of The Lord

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:

Verse ConceptsMulesBackRiding Mules

There, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him as king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

Verse ConceptsTrumpetAnointing KingsTrumpets For CelebrationNamed Prophets Of The Lord

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.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelKings Of All Israel Or Judah

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodAmen

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.

Verse ConceptsMulesBodyguardsRiding MulesNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And Zadok the priest took the vessel of oil out of the Tent, and put the holy oil on Solomon. And when the horn was sounded, all the people said, Long life to King Solomon!

Verse ConceptsAnointing, Performed OnCeremoniesHornsMusical Instruments, types ofOilShoutingTrumpetThe Act Of AnointingAnointing KingsTrumpets For Celebration

And Adonijah heareth, and all those called, who are with him, and they have finished to eat, and Joab heareth the noise of the trumpet, and saith, 'Wherefore is the noise of the city roaring?'

Verse ConceptsGuestsMusic To CelebrateHearing Things

While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said to him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good news.

Verse ConceptsWorthinessGood News

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:

Verse ConceptsMulesRiding Mules

And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him and made him king in Gihon; and they came back from there with joy, and the town was all worked up. This is the noise which has come to your ears.

Verse ConceptsExcitementAnointing Kings

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.

Verse ConceptsBowingBowing Before GodThe Kingdom Of Solomon

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.

Verse ConceptsSeeing SituationsBlessed Be God!

And all the guests of Adonijah got up in fear and went away, every man to his place.

Verse ConceptsGuests

And Adonijah feared Solomon, and he got up and went [to the tabernacle on Mt. Zion] and took hold of the horns of the altar [seeking asylum].

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.

Verse ConceptsFear Of IndividualsPeople Bound By Oaths

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.

Verse ConceptsMercy, Examples OfHeadsHairs ProtectedHair

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.

And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

Verse Conceptsethics, and graceSecrets To SuccessMoses, Significance OfWatchfulness, Of BelieversKings, How They Should ActTestimoniesKeep The Commandments!Success Through GodThe Law Given Through Moses

That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritWalking In The TruthThroneWatchfulness, Of BelieversWhole HeartednessSaul And David

Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

Verse ConceptsBeltsSandalsShedding

But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

Verse ConceptsGrace, In Human RelationshipsKindnessTablesGratitudeBenevolence

And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodly

Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

Verse ConceptsSheolGrey

Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfBurials, Places OfSleep, And DeathBuried In The City Of DavidDadsDeath Of A Father

And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

Verse ConceptsMothers Of Kings

He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

So he said, “You know that the kingdom belonged to me [as the eldest living son] and all Israel looked to me and expected me to be king. However, the kingdom has passed [from me] and became my brother’s, for it was his from the Lord.

And now I ask one petition of thee; refuse me not. And she said to him, Speak.

And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

Verse ConceptsInfatuationTransferring Wives

Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

Verse ConceptsQueensRespect, For Human BeingsThroneRight Sides

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; refuse me not. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse thee.

Verse ConceptsSmallness

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

Verse ConceptsBrothersThe Kingdom Of Others

Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

Verse ConceptsPromises, Human

Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

Verse ConceptsSolomon, Character Of

Then King Solomon gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.

Verse ConceptsMurder

And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, HardshipThe Ark In JerusalemDeserving Death

And Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, to fulfil the word of Jehovah, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In OtDeposed Priests

Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

Verse ConceptsHornsConspiracy

And it was told king Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Jehovah; and behold, he is by the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.

Verse ConceptsDeath penalty

And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

Verse ConceptsGoing Outside

And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

Verse ConceptsInnocent BloodSheddingKilling Named Individuals

And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

Verse ConceptsGod Makes Evil ReboundGod Will RequiteIgnorant Of Facts

yea, turned back hath their blood on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed to the age; and for David, and for his seed, and for his house, and for his throne, there is peace unto the age, from Jehovah.'

Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfHeadsChrist Reigning ForeverMen Of Peace

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him, and put him to death; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsSwordsLiving In The WildernessKilling Named Individuals

The king appointed Jehoiada's son Benaiah in charge of the army to replace Joab and also appointed Zadok the priest to replace Abiathar.

Verse ConceptsSolomon, Character OfExchanging Of Leaders

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and abide there, and go not forth thence anywhere.

Verse ConceptsBuilding Houses

For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

Verse ConceptsRiver Crossings

And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

Verse ConceptsAssenting

And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesServants, BadThree YearsOthers Who FledTwo Other MenExamples Of Bad Servants

And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

Verse ConceptsPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysThose Looking For People

And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

Verse ConceptsAssentingKings SummoningPeople Bound By Oaths

So why haven't you kept the oath you made to the LORD, and why didn't you obey my personal order to you?"

Verse ConceptsThey Do Not Keep Commands

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman IntellectGod Makes Evil ReboundGod Will Requite

So the king gave orders to Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and, falling on him, put him to death. And Solomon's authority over the kingdom was complete.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTKilling Named IndividualsThe Kingdom Of Solomon

And Solomon joineth in marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and taketh the daughter of Pharaoh, and bringeth her in unto the city of David, till he completeth to build his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersFortificationsAliancesCityBuildingJerusalem, History OfKingsPolygamySolomon, Character OfSolomon, Life OfWallsBuilding Jerusalem's WallBuilding Relationships

Only, the people sacrificed on the high places; for there was no house built to the name of Jehovah, until those days.

Verse ConceptsSacrificing On The High Places

And Solomon loveth Jehovah, to walk in the statutes of David his father -- only, in high places he is sacrificing and making perfume --

Verse ConceptsIncense Offered AmissThose Loving GodSacrificing On The High Places

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanOfferingsPilgrimageSacrifice, In OtA Thousand AnimalsSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtKindnessRighteousness, Of BelieversSittingThroneCharacter Of SaintsGod Showed His Lovingkindness

Your servant is among Your people You have chosen, a people too numerous to be numbered or counted.

Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofBlessings, To AbrahamPeople Of God, In OtUncountableMany In Israel