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Book 11        1 Kings

11:001:001 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered
           him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

11:001:002 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.

11:001:003 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of
           Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the
           king.

11:001:004 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and
           ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

11:001:005 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.

11:001:006 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.

11:001:007 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with
           Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

11:001:008 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.

11:001:009 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone
           of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren
           the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:

11:001:010 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and
           Solomon his brother, he called not.

11:001:011 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon,
           saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith
           doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

11:001:012 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.

11:001:013 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst
           not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying,
           Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall
           sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

11:001:014 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also
           will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

11:001:015 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the
           king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto
           the king.

11:001:016 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the
           king said, What wouldest thou?

11:001:017 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy
           God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son
           shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

11:001:018 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king,
           thou knowest it not:

11:001:019 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance,
           and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the
           priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy
           servant hath he not called.

11:001:020 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon
           thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the
           throne of my lord the king after him.

11:001:021 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.

11:001:022 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the
           prophet also came in.

11:001:023 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.

11:001:024 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah
           shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

11:001:025 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.

11:001:026 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah
           the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not
           called.

11:001:027 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not
           shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my
           lord the king after him?

11:001:028 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she
           came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

11:001:029 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath
           redeemed my soul out of all distress,

11:001:030 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.

11:001:031 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.

11:001:032 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
           prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before
           the king.

11:001:033 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:

11:001:034 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him
           there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say,
           God save king Solomon.

11:001:035 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.

11:001:036 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said,
           Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

11:001:037 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he
           with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of
           my lord king David.

11:001:038 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.

11:001:039 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the
           tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet;
           and all the people said, God save king Solomon.

11:001:040 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped
           with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth
           rent with the sound of them.

11:001:041 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as
           they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound
           of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city
           being in an uproar?

11:001:042 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar
           the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou
           art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.

11:001:043 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord
           king David hath made Solomon king.

11:001:044 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:

11:001:045 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him
           king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so
           that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have
           heard.

11:001:046 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

11:001:047 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.

11:001:048 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.

11:001:049 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and
           rose up, and went every man his way.

11:001:050 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went,
           and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

11:001:051 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 today that he
           will not slay his servant with the sword.

11:001:052 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.

11:001:053 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. 

11:002:001 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he
           charged Solomon his son, saying,

11:002:002 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and
           shew thyself a man;

11:002:003 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:

11:002:004 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.

11:002:005 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.

11:002:006 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar
           head go down to the grave in peace.

11:002:007 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.

11:002:008 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.

11:002:009 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.

11:002:010 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
           David.

11:002:011 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years:
           seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years
           reigned he in Jerusalem.

11:002:012 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his
           kingdom was established greatly.

11:002:013 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother
           of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said,
           Peaceably.

11:002:014 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she
           said, Say on.

11:002:015 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that
           all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit
           the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for
           it was his from the LORD.

11:002:016 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said
           unto him, Say on.

11:002:017 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.

11:002:018 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

11:002:019 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.

11:002:020 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray
           thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my
           mother: for I will not say thee nay.

11:002:021 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah
           thy brother to wife.

11:002:022 And king Solomon answered and said unto 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.

11:002:023 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.

11:002:024 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.

11:002:025 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of
           Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

11:002:026 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.

11:002:027 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the
           LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he
           spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

11:002:028 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.

11:002:029 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the
           tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then
           Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall
           upon him.

11:002:030 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.

11:002:031 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.

11:002:032 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.

11:002:033 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and
           upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon
           his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there
           be peace for ever from the LORD.

11:002:034 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and
           slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the
           wilderness.

11:002:035 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over
           the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of
           Abiathar.

11:002:036 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him,
           Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not
           forth thence any whither.

11:002:037 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.

11:002:038 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.

11:002:039 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.

11:002:040 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.

11:002:041 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to
           Gath, and was come again.

11:002:042 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.

11:002:043 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the
           commandment that I have charged thee with?

11:002:044 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;

11:002:045 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David
           shall be established before the LORD for ever.

11:002:046 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went
           out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was
           established in the hand of Solomon.