1Now king David was old, and advanced in years: and when he was covered with clothes he was not warm.

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Joshua 23:1, Joshua 23:2, Joshua 23:1, Joshua 23:2, Psalms 90:10

2His servants therefore, said to him: Let us seek for our Lord the king, a young virgin, and let her stand before the king, and cherish him, and sleep in his bosom and warm our lord the king.

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1 Samuel 16:21, 1 Samuel 16:22, 1 Samuel 16:21, 1 Samuel 16:22, Ecclesiastes 4:11

3So they sought a beautiful young woman, in all the coasts of Israel and they found Abisag, a Sunamitess, and brought her to the king.

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Joshua 19:18, Joshua 19:18, Esther 2:4, Esther 2:4, 2 Kings 4:8

4And the damsel was exceedingly beautiful, and she slept with the king, and served him, but the king did not know her.

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Matthew 1:25, Matthew 1:25

5And Adonias, the son of Haggith, exalted himself, saying: I will be king. And he made himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

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2 Samuel 15:1, 2 Samuel 15:1, 2 Samuel 3:4, 2 Samuel 3:4, 1 Kings 2:24

6Neither did his father rebuke him at any time, saying: Why hast thou done this? And he also was very beautiful, the next in birth after Absalom.

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2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 3:4, 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 3:4, 1 Samuel 3:13

7And he conferred with Joab, the son of Sarvia, and with Abiathar, the priest, who furthered Adonias's side.

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2 Samuel 20:25, 2 Samuel 20:25, 1 Kings 2:22, 1 Kings 2:22, 2 Samuel 15:24

8But Sadoc, the priest, and Banaias, the son of Joiada, and Nathan, the prophet, and Semei, and Rei, and the strength of David's army, was not with Adonias.

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1 Kings 4:18, 1 Kings 4:18, 2 Samuel 20:25, 2 Samuel 23:8, 2 Samuel 23:39

9And Adonias having slain rams and calves, and all fat cattle, by the stone of Zoheleth, which was near the fountain Rogel, invited all his brethren, the king's sons, and all the men of Juda, the king's servants:

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2 Samuel 17:17, 2 Samuel 17:17, Joshua 15:7, 2 Samuel 13:23, 2 Samuel 13:27

10But Nathan, the prophet, and Banaias, and all the valiant men, and Solomon, his brother, he invited not.

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2 Samuel 12:24, 2 Samuel 12:24, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:19, 2 Samuel 12:1

11And Nathan said to Bethsabee, the mother of Solomon: Hast thou not heard that Adonias, the son of Haggith, reigneth, and our lord David knoweth it not?

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2 Samuel 3:4, 2 Samuel 3:4, 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 7:17, 1 Chronicles 28:4

12Now then, come, take my counsel, and save thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

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1 Kings 1:21, Proverbs 20:18, Genesis 19:17, Judges 9:5, Acts 27:31

13Go, and get thee in to king David, and say to him: Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear to me, thy handmaid, saying: Solomon, thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then doth Adonias reign?

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1 Kings 1:30, 1 Kings 1:30, 1 Kings 1:17, 1 Kings 1:17, 1 Chronicles 22:6

14And while thou art yet speaking there with the king, I will come in after thee, and will fill up thy words.

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2 Corinthians 13:1, 2 Corinthians 13:1, 1 Kings 1:17, 1 Kings 1:27, 1 Kings 1:17

15So Bethsabee went in to the king into the chamber. Now the king was very old, and Abisag, the Sunamitess, ministered to him.

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1 Kings 1:1, 1 Kings 1:1

16Bethsabee bowed herself, and worshipped the king. And the king said to her: What is thy will?

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1 Samuel 24:8, 1 Samuel 20:41, 1 Samuel 25:23, 1 Samuel 24:8, 1 Samuel 20:41

17She answered, and said: My lord, thou didst swear to thy handmaid, by the Lord thy God, saying: Solomon, thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

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1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:30, 1 Kings 1:30, 1 Peter 3:6

18And behold, now Adonias reigneth, and thou, my lord the king, knowest nothing of it.

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1 Kings 1:24, 1 Kings 1:24, Acts 3:17, 1 Kings 1:11, 1 Kings 1:5

19He hath killed oxen, and all fat cattle, and many rams, and invited all the king's sons, and Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the general of the army: but Solomon, thy servant, he invited not.

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1 Kings 1:7, 1 Kings 1:10, 1 Kings 1:25, 1 Kings 1:7, 1 Kings 1:10

20And now, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldst tell them, who shall sit on thy throne, my lord the king, after thee.

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Psalms 25:15, 1 Chronicles 28:10, 2 Chronicles 20:12, Zechariah 3:9, 2 Samuel 23:2

21Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king sleepeth with his fathers, that I, and my son, Solomon, shall be accounted offenders.

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1 Kings 2:10, Deuteronomy 31:16, 1 Kings 2:10, Deuteronomy 31:16, 2 Samuel 7:12

22As she was yet speaking with the king, Nathan, the prophet, came.

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Genesis 24:15, Job 1:16, Job 1:18, Daniel 9:20, Genesis 24:15

23And they told the king, saying: Nathan, the prophet, is here. And when he was come in before the king, and had worshipped, bowing down to the ground,

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1 Peter 2:17, 1 Kings 1:16, Romans 13:7, 1 Peter 2:17, 1 Kings 1:16

24Nathan said: My lord, O king, hast thou said: Let Adonias reign after me, and let him sit upon my throne?

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1 Kings 1:17, 1 Kings 1:18, 1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:14, 1 Kings 1:5

25Because he is gone down to day, and hath killed oxen, and fatlings, and many rams, and invited all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest: and they are eating and drinking before him, and saying: God save king Adonias:

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1 Samuel 10:24, 1 Samuel 10:24, 1 Kings 1:9, 1 Kings 1:19, 1 Kings 1:9

26But me, thy servant, and Sadoc, the priest, and Banaias, the son of Joiada, and Solomon, thy servant, he hath not invited.

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1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:10, 1 Kings 1:10, 2 Samuel 12:25

27Is this word come out from my lord the king, and hast thou not told me, thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

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1 Kings 1:24, John 15:15, 2 Kings 4:27, 1 Kings 1:24, John 15:15

28And king David answered, and said: Call to me Bethsabee. And when she was come in to the king, and stood before him,

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29The king swore, and said: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress,

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2 Samuel 4:9, 2 Samuel 4:9, Psalms 136:24, Psalms 136:24, 1 Kings 18:10

30Even as I swore to thee, by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying: Solomon thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead, so will I do this day.

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1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:17, 1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:17

31And Bethsabee, bowing with her face to the earth, worshipped the king, saying: May my lord David live for ever.

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Daniel 5:10, Daniel 3:9, Daniel 2:4, Daniel 5:10, Daniel 3:9

32King David also said: Call me Sadoc, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, and Banaias, the son of Joiada. And when they were come in before the king,

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1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Kings 1:26, 1 Kings 1:38

33He said to them: Take with you the servants of your lord, and set my son Solomon upon my mule: and bring him to Gihon:

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2 Chronicles 32:30, 2 Chronicles 32:30, 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Kings 1:38, 2 Chronicles 33:14

34And let Sadoc, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, anoint him there king over Israel: and you shall sound the trumpet, and shall say: God save king Solomon.

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1 Samuel 10:1, 2 Samuel 15:10, 1 Kings 1:25, 1 Samuel 10:1, 2 Samuel 15:10

35And you shall come up after him, and he shall come, and shall sit upon my throne, and he shall reign in my stead: and I will appoint him to be ruler over Israel, and over Juda.

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1 Kings 1:13, Psalms 72:1, Psalms 72:2, 1 Chronicles 28:4, 1 Chronicles 28:5

36And Banaias, the son of Joiada, answered the king, saying: Amen: so say the Lord, the God of my lord the king.

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1 Chronicles 17:27, Jeremiah 11:5, Psalms 72:19, Psalms 89:20, Jeremiah 28:6

37As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, so be he with Solomon, and make his throne higher than the throne of my lord king David.

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1 Samuel 20:13, 1 Kings 1:47, 1 Samuel 20:13, 1 Kings 1:47, Joshua 1:17

38So Sadoc, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, went down, and Banaias, the son of Joiada, and the Cerethi, and Phelethi: and they set Solomon upon the mule of king David, and brought him to Gihon.

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2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 8:18, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:33

39And Sadoc, the priest, took a horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon: and they sounded the trumpet, and all the people said: God save king Solomon.

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Psalms 89:20, Psalms 89:20, 1 Kings 1:34, 1 Samuel 10:24, 1 Chronicles 29:22

40And all the multitude went up after him, and the people played with pipes, and rejoiced with a great joy, and the earth rang with the noise of their cry.

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Daniel 3:5, 1 Chronicles 12:38, 1 Chronicles 12:40, Luke 19:37, 2 Kings 11:20

41And Adonias, and all that were invited by him, heard it, and now the feast was at an end. Joab also, hearing the sound of the trumpet, said: What meaneth this noise of the city in an uproar?

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Matthew 21:9, Matthew 21:11, Matthew 24:38, Matthew 24:39, Proverbs 14:13

42While he yet spoke, Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, the priest, came: and Adonias said to him: Come in, because thou art a valiant man, and bringest good news.

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2 Samuel 15:36, 2 Samuel 15:36, 2 Samuel 18:27, 2 Samuel 17:17, 2 Samuel 18:27

43And Jonathan answered Adonias: Not so: for our lord, king David, hath appointed Solomon king;

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44And hath sent with him Sadoc, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, and Banaias, the son of Joiada, and the Cerethi, and the Phelethi, and they have set him upon the king's mule:

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45And Sadoc, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, have anointed him king, in Gihon: and they are gone up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again: this is the noise that you have heard.

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1 Kings 1:40, 1 Kings 1:40, Ezra 3:13, 1 Samuel 28:14, 1 Samuel 4:5

46Moreover, Solomon sitteth upon the throne of the kingdom.

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1 Chronicles 29:23, 1 Chronicles 29:23, Psalms 132:11, Psalms 132:11, 1 Kings 1:13

47And the king's servants going in, have blessed our lord king David, saying: May God make the name of Solomon greater than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king adored in his bed:

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1 Kings 1:37, Genesis 47:31, 1 Kings 1:37, Genesis 47:31, Exodus 12:32

48And he said: Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who hath given this day one to sit on my throne, my eyes seeing it.

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1 Kings 3:6, 1 Kings 3:6, Psalms 132:11, Psalms 132:12, Psalms 132:11

49Then all the guests of Adonias were afraid, and they all arose, and every man went his way.

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Daniel 5:4, Daniel 5:6, Proverbs 28:1, Isaiah 21:4, Isaiah 21:5

50And Adonias fearing Solomon, arose and went, and took hold of the horn of the altar.

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1 Kings 2:28, 1 Kings 2:28, Exodus 21:14, Exodus 38:2, Exodus 27:2

51And they told Solomon, saying: Behold Adonias fearing king Solomon, hath taken hold of the horn of the altar, saying: Let king Solomon swear to me this day, that he will not kill his servant with the sword.

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52And Solomon said: If he be a good man, there shall not so much as one hair of his head fall to the ground: but if evil be found in him, he shall die.

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1 Samuel 14:45, 1 Samuel 14:45, 2 Samuel 14:11, 2 Samuel 14:11, Proverbs 13:6

53Then king Solomon sent, and brought him out from the altar: and going in, he worshipped king Solomon: and Solomon said to him: Go to thy house.

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2 Samuel 14:28, 1 Kings 1:31, Proverbs 24:21, 1 Kings 2:36, 2 Samuel 1:2