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1 Kings 1:1-5

1Andkingוְהַמֶּ֤לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428Davidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732wasoldזָקֵ֔ןza.KenH2204[and]advancedinage;andtheycoveredוַיְכַסֻּ֙הוּ֙vay.kha.Su.huH3680himwithclothesבַּבְּגָדִ֔יםba.be.ga.DimH899,butheobtainednowarmth.

2Andhisservantsעֲבָדָ֗יו'a.va.DavH5650saidH559tohim,Lettherebeוּתְהִי־u.te.hi-H1961foundformylordלַאדֹנִ֤יla.do.NiH113thekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428ayoungנַעֲרָ֣הna.'a.RahH5291virginבְתוּלָ֔הve.tu.LahH1330;andletherstandוְעָֽמְדָה֙ve.'a.me.DahH5975beforethekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,andlethercherishhim,andletherlieוְשָׁכְבָ֣הve.sha.khe.VahH7901inthybosomבְחֵיקֶ֔ךָve.chei.Ke.chaH2436,thatmylordלַאדֹנִ֥יla.do.NiH113thekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428maygetwarmוְחַ֖םve.ChamH2552.

3AndtheysoughtH1245forafairdamselthroughouttheterritoryגְּב֣וּלge.VulH1366ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andfoundH4672Abishagאֲבִישַׁג֙'a.vi.ShagH49aShunammiteהַשּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔יתha.Shu.na.MitH7767,andbroughtH935hertothekingלַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃la.Me.lekhH4428.

4AndthedamselwasH1961veryH3966fair;andcherishedthekingלַמֶּ֤לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428,andministeredtohim;butthekingוְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428knewH3045hernot.

5AndAdonijahוַאֲדֹנִיָּ֧הva.'a.do.ni.YahH138thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofHaggithחַגִּ֛יתcha.GitH2294exaltedhimself,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559,Iwillbekingאֶמְלֹ֑ךְ'em.LokhH4427;andheprovidedhimselfchariotsרֶ֚כֶבRe.khevH7393andhorsemenוּפָ֣רָשִׁ֔יםu.Fa.ra.ShimH6571,andfiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁ֥יםva.cha.mi.ShimH2572menאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376torunH7323beforehim.

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