1 Kings 2:16-28

16So nowH6258 IH595H7592 have just oneH259 requestH7596 of youH854; do notH408 denyH7725 meH6440.”

“StateH1696 your request,” she toldH559 himH413.

17Adonijah repliedH559, “PleaseH4994 speakH559 to KingH4428 SolomonH8010, sinceH3588 he will notH3808 turn you downH7725. Let him giveH5414 me AbishagH49 the ShunammiteH7767 as my wifeH802.”

18“Very wellH2896,” BathshebaH1339 repliedH559. “IH595 will speakH1696 toH413 the kingH4428 for youH5921.”

19So BathshebaH1339 wentH935 toH413 KingH4428 SolomonH8010 to speakH1696 to him forH5921 AdonijahH138. The kingH4428 stood upH6965 to greet herH7122, bowedH7812 to her, and sat downH3427 onH5921 his throneH3678. Then the king had a throneH3678 broughtH7760 forH4428 his motherH517, who sat downH3427 at his right handH3225.

20“IH595 have just oneH259 smallH6996 request of youH7596,” she saidH559. “Do notH408 denyH7725 meH6440.”

“Make your requestH7592H854, my motherH517,” the kingH4428H7592 repliedH559, “forH3588 I will notH3808 denyH7725 youH6440.”

21So Bathsheba saidH559, “Let AbishagH49 the ShunammiteH7767 be givenH5414 to your brotherH251 AdonijahH138 as his wifeH802.”

22KingH4428 SolomonH8010H559 answeredH6030 his motherH517, “WhyH4100 do youH859 requestH7592 AbishagH49 the ShunammiteH7767 for AdonijahH138? SinceH3588 heH1931 is my olderH1419H4480 brotherH251, you might as well requestH7592 the kingdomH4410 for him and for AbiatharH54 the priestH3548 and for JoabH3097 sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870!”

23Then KingH4428 SolomonH8010 sworeH7650 by the LORDH3068H559: “May GodH430 punishH3541H6213 me, and ever soH3541 severelyH3254, ifH3588 AdonijahH138 has not madeH1696 thisH2088 requestH1697 at the expense of his lifeH5315. 24And nowH6258, as surely as the LORDH3068 livesH2416—the OneH834 who established meH3559, who set meH3427 onH5921 the throneH3678 of my fatherH1 DavidH1732, and who foundedH6213 for me a dynastyH1004 asH834 He promisedH1696—surelyH3588 AdonijahH138 shall be put to deathH4191 todayH3117!”

25So KingH4428 SolomonH8010 gave ordersH7971 toH3027 BenaiahH1141 sonH1121 of JehoiadaH3077, and he struck downH6293 Adonijah and he diedH4191.

26Then the kingH4428 saidH559 to AbiatharH54 the priestH3548, “Go backH1980 toH5921 your fieldsH7704 in AnathothH6068. Even thoughH3588H376 youH859 deserve to dieH4194, I will notH3808 put you to deathH4191 at thisH2088 timeH3117, sinceH3588 you carriedH5375 the arkH727 of the LordH136 GODH3069 beforeH6440 my fatherH1H3588 DavidH1732, and you sufferedH6031 through allH3605 thatH834 my fatherH1 sufferedH6031.” 27So SolomonH8010 banishedH1644 AbiatharH54 fromH1961 the priesthoodH3548 of the LORDH3068 and thus fulfilledH4390 the wordH1697 thatH834 the LORDH3068 had spokenH1696 at ShilohH7887 againstH5921 the houseH1004 of EliH5941.

28When the newsH8052 reachedH935H5704 JoabH3097, who had conspiredH5186 withH310 AdonijahH138 butH310 notH3808 withH5186 AbsalomH53, he fledH5127 toH413 the tentH168 of the LORDH3068 and took holdH2388 of the hornsH7161 of the altarH4196.