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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.
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His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why have you done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.
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He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
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But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
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Adonijah killed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king`s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king`s servants:
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but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he didn`t call.
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Then Nathan spoke to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Haven`t you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn`t know it?
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Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.
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Go and get you in to king David, and tell him, Didn`t you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?
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Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.
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Bath-sheba went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.
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Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What would you?
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She said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.
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Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don`t know it: