1 Kings 1:5-25

5Then AdonijahH138 the sonH1121 of HaggithH2294 exalted himself, sayingH559, I will be kingH4427: and he prepared him chariotsH7393 and horsemenH6571, and fiftyH2572 menH376 to runH7323 before him. 6And his fatherH1 had not displeased him at any time in sayingH559, WhyH4069 hast thou done so? and he was alsoH1571 a veryH3966 goodly man; and he was bornH3205 after AbsalomH53. 7And he conferred with JoabH3097 the sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870, and with AbiatharH54 the priestH3548: and they following AdonijahH138 helpedH5826 him. 8But ZadokH6659 the priestH3548, and BenaiahH1141 the sonH1121 of JehoiadaH3077, and NathanH5416 the prophetH5030, and ShimeiH8096, and Rei, and the mightyH1368 menH1368 that belongedH1961 to DavidH1732, were not with AdonijahH138. 9And AdonijahH138 slew sheepH6629 and oxenH1241 and fatlingsH4806 by the stoneH68 of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogelH5883; and he calledH7121 all his brethren, the king’sH4428 sonsH1121, and all the menH376 of JudahH3063, the king’sH4428 servantsH5650: 10but NathanH5416 the prophetH5030, and BenaiahH1141, and the mightyH1368 menH1368, and SolomonH8010 his brotherH251, he calledH7121 not.

11Then NathanH5416 spake unto Bath-sheba the motherH517 of SolomonH8010, sayingH559, Hast thou not heardH8085 that AdonijahH138 the sonH1121 of HaggithH2294 doth reignH4427, and DavidH1732 our lordH113 knoweth it not? 12NowH6258 thereforeH6258 come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counselH6098, that thou mayest saveH4422 thine ownH5315 lifeH5315, and the lifeH5315 of thy sonH1121 SolomonH8010. 13GoH935 and get thee in unto kingH4428 DavidH1732, and sayH559 unto him, Didst not thou, my lordH113, O kingH4428, swearH7650 unto thy handmaid, sayingH559, Assuredly SolomonH8010 thy sonH1121 shall reignH4427 after me, and he shall sitH3427 upon my throneH3678? whyH4069 then doth AdonijahH138 reignH4427? 14Behold, while thou yetH5750 talkest there with the kingH4428, I also will comeH935 in after thee, and confirm thy wordsH1697.

15And Bath-sheba wentH935 in unto the kingH4428 into the chamberH2315: and the kingH4428 was veryH3966 oldH2204; and AbishagH49 the ShunammiteH7767 was ministering unto the kingH4428. 16And Bath-sheba bowedH7812, and did obeisance unto the kingH4428. And the kingH4428 saidH559, What wouldest thou? 17And she saidH559 unto him, My lord, thou swarest by Jehovah thy GodH430 unto thy handmaid, sayingH559, Assuredly SolomonH8010 thy sonH1121 shall reignH4427 after me, and he shall sitH3427 upon my throneH3678. 18And nowH6258, behold, AdonijahH138 reigneth; and thou, my lordH113 the kingH4428, knowest it not: 19and he hath slain oxen and fatlingsH4806 and sheepH6629 in abundanceH7230, and hath calledH7121 all the sonsH1121 of the kingH4428, and AbiatharH54 the priestH3548, and JoabH3097 the captain of the hostH6635; but SolomonH8010 thy servantH5650 hath he not calledH7121. 20And thou, my lordH113 the kingH4428, the eyesH5869 of all IsraelH3478 are upon thee, that thou shouldest tellH5046 them who shall sitH3427 on the throneH3678 of my lordH113 the kingH4428 after him. 21Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lordH113 the kingH4428 shall sleep with his fathersH1, that I and my sonH1121 SolomonH8010 shall beH1961 counted offenders.

22And, lo, while she yetH5750 talked with the kingH4428, NathanH5416 the prophetH5030 cameH935 in. 23And they toldH5046 the kingH4428, sayingH559, Behold, NathanH5416 the prophetH5030. And when he was comeH935 in before the kingH4428, he bowedH7812 himself before the kingH4428 with his faceH6440 to the groundH776. 24And NathanH5416 saidH559, My lordH113, O kingH4428, hast thou saidH559, AdonijahH138 shall reignH4427 after me, and he shall sitH3427 upon my throneH3678? 25For he is goneH3381 down this dayH3117, and hath slain oxen and fatlingsH4806 and sheepH6629 in abundanceH7230, and hath calledH7121 all the king’sH4428 sonsH1121, and the captains of the hostH6635, and AbiatharH54 the priestH3548; and, behold, they are eatingH398 and drinkingH8354 before him, and sayH559, Long liveH2421 kingH4428 AdonijahH138.