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1 Kings 1:17-20

17And she saidוַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merH559unto him, My lordאֲדֹנִי֙'a.do.NiH113,thou swarestנִשְׁבַּ֜עְתָּnish.Ba'.taH7650by the Lordבַּֽיהוָ֤הba.Yah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430unto thine handmaidלַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָla.'a.ma.Te.khaH519, saying,Assuredly Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֥הshe.lo.MohH8010thy sonבְנֵ֖ךְve.NekhH1121shall reignיִמְלֹ֣ךְyim.LokhH4427afterאַחֲרָ֑י'a.cha.RaiH310me, and he shall sitיֵשֵׁ֥בye.ShevH3427upon my throneכִּסְאִֽי׃kis.'IH3678.

18And now, behold, Adonijahאֲדֹנִיָּ֖ה'a.do.ni.YahH138reignethמָלָ֑ךְma.LakhH4427;and now, my lordאֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,thou knowestיָדָֽעְתָּ׃ya.Da.'e.taH3045it not:

19And he hath slainוַ֠יִּזְבַּחVai.yiz.bachH2076oxenשׁ֥וֹרShorH7794and fat cattleוּֽמְרִיא־u.me.ri'-H4806and sheepוְצֹאן֮ve.tzoNH6629in abundanceלָרֹב֒la.RoH7230,and hath calledוַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'H7121all the sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,and Abiatharוּלְאֶבְיָתָר֙u.le.'ev.ya.TarH54the priestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548,and Joabוּלְיֹאָ֖בu.le.yo.'AvH3097the captainשַׂ֣רsarH8269of the hostהַצָּבָ֑אha.tza.Va'H6635:but Solomonוְלִשְׁלֹמֹ֥הve.lish.lo.MohH8010thy servantעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650hath he not calledקָרָֽא׃ka.Ra'H7121.

20And thou, my lordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113,O kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,the eyesעֵינֵ֥י'ei.NeiH5869of all Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478areupon thee, that thou shouldest tellלְהַגִּ֣ידle.ha.GidH5046them who shall sitיֵשֵׁ֛בye.ShevH3427on the throneכִּסֵּ֥אki.Se'H3678of my lordאֲדֹנִֽי־'a.do.ni-H113the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428afterאַחֲרָֽיו׃'a.cha.RavH310him.

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