New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Kings 1:2-15

2So his servants said to him, “Let them seek a young virgin for my lord the king, and let her 1attend the king and become his nurse; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.” 3So they searched for a beautiful girl throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the 2Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4The girl was very beautiful; and she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king did not 3cohabit with her.

5Now 4Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” So 5he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty men to run before him. 6His father had never 6crossed him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man, and 7 8he was born after Absalom. 7 9He had conferred with 10Joab the son of Zeruiah and with 11Abiathar the priest; and following 12Adonijah they helped him. 8But 13Zadok the priest, 14Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, 15Nathan the prophet, 16Shimei, Rei, and 17the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

9Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the 18stone of Zoheleth, which is beside 19En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants. 10But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, and 20Solomon his brother.

11Then Nathan spoke to 21Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know it? 12So now come, please let me 22give you counsel and save your life and the life of your son Solomon. 13Go 23at once to King David and say to him, ‘Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, “24Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’ 14Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”

15So Bathsheba went in to the king in the bedroom. Now 25the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.

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Notes

1. 1 Kings 1:2 Lit stand before ↩
2. 1 Kings 1:3 Josh 19:18; 1 Sam 28:4 ↩
3. 1 Kings 1:4 Lit know her ↩
4. 1 Kings 1:5 2 Sam 3:4 ↩
5. 1 Kings 1:5 2 Sam 15:1 ↩
6. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit pained him ↩
7. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit she gave him birth ↩
8. 1 Kings 1:6 2 Sam 3:3, 4 ↩
9. 1 Kings 1:7 Lit his words were ↩
10. 1 Kings 1:7 1 Chr 11:6 ↩
11. 1 Kings 1:7 1 Sam 22:20, 23; 2 Sam 20:25 ↩
12. 1 Kings 1:7 1 Kin 2:22 ↩
13. 1 Kings 1:8 2 Sam 20:25; 1 Chr 16:39 ↩
14. 1 Kings 1:8 2 Sam 8:18 ↩
15. 1 Kings 1:8 2 Sam 12:1 ↩
16. 1 Kings 1:8 1 Kin 4:18 ↩
17. 1 Kings 1:8 2 Sam 23:8-39 ↩
18. 1 Kings 1:9 Or Gliding or Serpent Stone ↩
19. 1 Kings 1:9 Josh 15:7; 18:16; 2 Sam 17:17 ↩
20. 1 Kings 1:10 2 Sam 12:24 ↩
21. 1 Kings 1:11 2 Sam 12:24 ↩
22. 1 Kings 1:12 Prov 15:22 ↩
23. 1 Kings 1:13 Lit and enter ↩
24. 1 Kings 1:13 1 Kin 1:30; 1 Chr 22:9-13 ↩
25. 1 Kings 1:15 1 Kin 1:1 ↩

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