1Now when King Dauid was olde, and striken in yeeres, they couered him with clothes, but no heate came vnto him.

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

2Wherefore his seruants saide vnto him, Let there be sought for my lord ye King a yong virgin, and let her stand before the king, and cherish him: and let her lie in thy bosome, that my lord the King may get heate.

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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 for a faire young maide thoroughout all the coastes of Israel, and founde one Abishag a Shunamite, 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 maid was exceeding faire, and cherished the king, and ministred to him, but the King knew her not.

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Matthew 1:25, Matthew 1:25

5Then Adoniiah the sonne of Haggith exalted himselfe, saying, I will be king. And he gate him charets and horsemen, and fiftie 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

6And his father would not displease him from his childehood, to say, Why hast thou done so? And hee was a very goodly man, and his mother bare him next 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 tooke counsel of Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah, and of Abiathar the Priest: and they helped forward Adoniiah.

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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 Zadok the Priest, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and Nathan the Prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the men of might, which were with Dauid, were not with Adoniiah.

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

9Then Adoniiah sacrificed sheepe and oxen, and fat cattel by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the kings sonnes, and al the men of Iudah ye Kings seruants,

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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 Benaiah, and the mightie men, and Salomon his brother hee called 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

11Wherefore Nathan spake vnto Bath-sheba the mother of Salomon, saying, Hast thou not heard, that Adoniiah ye sonne of Haggith doeth reigne, and Dauid our lord 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 therefore come, and I will now giue thee counsell, howe to saue thine owne life, and the life of thy sonne Salomon.

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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 vnto King Dauid, and say vnto him, Didest not thou, my lorde, O King, sweare vnto thine handmaide, saying, Assuredly Salomon thy sonne shall reigne after me, and he shall sit vpon my throne? why is then Adoniiah King?

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

14Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the King, I also will come in after thee, and confirme thy wordes.

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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 Bath-sheba went in vnto the King into the chamber, and the King was verie olde, and Abishag the Shunammite ministred vnto ye King.

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1 Kings 1:1, 1 Kings 1:1

16And Bath-sheba bowed and made obeisance vnto the King. And the King saide, What is thy matter?

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

17And shee answered him, My lorde, thou swarest by the Lord thy God vnto thine handmaide, saying, Assuredly Salomon thy sonne shall reigne after me, and he shall sit vpon 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 beholde, nowe is Adoniiah king, and now, my lord, O King, thou knowest it not.

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

19And he hath offred many oxen, and fatte cattel, and sheepe, and hath called all the sonnes of the King, and Abiathar the Priest, and Ioab the captaine of the hoste: but Salomon thy seruant hath he not bidden.

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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 thou, my lorde, O King, knowest that the eyes of all Israel are on thee, that thou shouldest tell them, who shoulde sit on the throne of my lord the King after him.

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

21For els when my lord the King shall sleepe with his fathers, I and my sonne Salomon shalbe reputed vile.

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

22And lo, while she yet talked with the King, Nathan also the Prophet came in.

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

23And they tolde the King, saying, Beholde, Nathan the Prophet. And when he was come in to the King, hee made obeisance before the King vpon his face 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

24And Nathan saide, My lorde, O King, hast thou said, Adoniiah shall reigne after mee, and he shall sit vpon 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

25For hee is gone downe this day, and hath slaine many oxen, and fat cattel, and sheepe, and hath called al the Kings sonnes, and the captaines of the hoste, and Abiathar the Priest: and behold, they eate and drinke before him, and say, God saue King Adoniiah.

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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 seruant, and Zadok the Priest, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and thy seruant Salomon hath he not called.

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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 thing done by my lord the King, and thou hast not shewed it vnto thy seruant, who should sitte on the throne of my lorde 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

28Then King Dauid answered, and saide, Call me Bath-sheba. And shee came into ye Kings presence, and stoode before the King.

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29And the King sware, saying, As the Lord liueth, who hath redeemed my soule out of all aduersitie,

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

30That as I sware vnto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Salomon thy sonne shall reigne after me, and hee shall sit vpon my throne in my place, so will I certainely doe this day.

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

31Then Bath-sheba bowed her face to the earth, and did reuerence vnto the King, and said, God saue my lord King Dauid for euer.

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

32And King Dauid saide, Call mee Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada. And they came 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

33Then the King said vnto them, Take with you the seruants of your lorde, and cause Salomon my sonne to ride vpon mine owne mule, and carie him downe 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 Zadok the Priest and Nathan the Prophet anoint him there King ouer Israel, and blowe ye the trumpet, and say, God saue king Salomon.

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

35Then come vp after him, that hee may come and sit vpon my throne: and hee shall bee King in my steade: for I haue appointed him to be prince ouer Israel and ouer Iudah.

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

36Then Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada answered the King, and said, So be it, and the Lord God of my lord the King ratifie it.

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

37As the Lord hath bene with my lorde the King, so be he with Salomon, and exalt his throne aboue the throne of my lorde king Dauid.

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

38So Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went downe and caused Salomon to ride vpon king Dauids mule, 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 Zadok the Priest tooke an horne of oyle out of the Tabernacle, and anointed Salomon: and they blewe the trumpet, and all the people said, God saue king Salomon.

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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 people came vp after him, and the people piped with pipes, and reioyced with great ioye, so that the earth rang with the sound of them.

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

41And Adoniiah and all the ghestes that were with him, heard it: (and they had made an ende of eating) and when Ioab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, What meaneth this noise and vprore in the citie?

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

42And as he yet spake, beholde, Ionathan the sonne of Abiathar the Priest came: and Adoniiah said, Come in: for thou art a worthie man, and bringest good tidings.

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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 Ionathan answered, and said to Adoniiah, Verely our lord King Dauid hath made Salomon King.

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44And the King hath sent with him Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they haue caused him to ride vpon the Kings mule.

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45And Zadok the Priest, and Nathan ye Prophet haue anointed him King in Gihon: and they are gone vp from thence with ioy, and the citie is moued: this is the noise that ye haue heard.

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

46And Salomon also sitteth on the throne of the kingdome.

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

47And moreouer the Kings seruantes came to blesse our lord King Dauid, saying, God make the name of Salomon more famous then thy name, and exalt his throne aboue thy throne: therefore the King worshipped vpon the bed.

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

48And thus sayd the King also, Blessed bee the Lord God of Israel, who hath made one to sit on my throne this day, euen in my sight.

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

49Then all the ghestes that were with Adonijah, were afraide, and rose vp, and went euery man his way.

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

50And Adonijah fearing the presence of Salomon, arose and went, and tooke holde on the hornes 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 one tolde Salomon, saying, Beholde, Adonijah doeth feare King Salomon: for lo, he hath caught holde on the hornes of the altar, saying, Let King Salomon sweare vnto me this day, that he will not slay his seruant with the sword.

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52Then Salomon sayd, If he will shewe him selfe a worthy man, there shall not an heare of him fall to the earth, but if wickednes be found in him, he shall dye.

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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 Salomon sent, and they brought him from the altar, and he came and did obeisance vnto King Salomon. And Salomon sayde vnto him, Go to thine house.

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