New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Kings 1:22-27

22Beholdוְהִנֵּ֛הve.hi.NehH2009,while she was stillעוֹדֶ֥נָּהo.De.nahH5750speakingמְדַבֶּ֖רֶתme.da.Be.retH1696with the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,Nathanוְנָתָ֥ןve.na.TanH5416the prophetהַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'H5030cameבָּֽא׃Ba'H935in.

23They toldוַיַּגִּ֤ידוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046the kingלַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙la.Me.lekhH4428,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, “Hereהִנֵּ֖הhi.NehH2009is Nathanנָתָ֣ןna.TanH5416the prophetהַנָּבִ֑יאha.na.Vi'H5030.”And when he cameוַיָּבֹא֙vai.ya.Vo'H935in beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,he prostratedוַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּvai.yish.Ta.chuH7812himselfbefore the kingלַמֶּ֛לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428with his faceאַפָּ֖יו'a.PavH639to the groundאָֽרְצָה׃'A.re.tzahH776.

24Then Nathanנָתָן֒na.TanH5416saidוַיֹּאמֶר֮vai.yo.MerH559, “My lordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,have you saidאָמַ֔רְתָּ'a.Mar.taH559, ‘Adonijahאֲדֹנִיָּ֖הוּ'a.do.ni.Ya.huH138shall be kingיִמְלֹ֣ךְyim.LokhH4427afterאַחֲרָ֑י'a.cha.RaiH310me, and he shall sitיֵשֵׁ֥בye.ShevH3427on my throneכִּסְאִֽי׃kis.'IH3678’?

25For he has goneH3381downיָרַ֣דya.RadH3381todayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117and has sacrificedוַ֠יִּזְבַּחVai.yiz.bachH2076oxenשׁ֥וֹרShorH7794and fatlingsוּֽמְרִיא־u.me.ri'-H4806and sheepוְצֹאן֮ve.tzoNH6629in abundanceלָרֹב֒la.RoH7230,and has invitedוַיִּקְרָא֩vai.yik.Ra'H7121allלְכָל־le.kholH3605the king’sהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428sonsבְּנֵ֨יbe.NeiH1121and the commandersוּלְשָׂרֵ֤יu.le.sa.ReiH8269of the armyהַצָּבָא֙ha.tza.Va'H6635and Abiatharוּלְאֶבְיָתָ֣רu.le.'ev.ya.TarH54the priestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548,and beholdוְהִנָּ֛םve.hi.NamH2009,they are eatingאֹכְלִ֥ים'o.khe.LimH398and drinkingוְשֹׁתִ֖יםve.sho.TimH8354beforeלְפָנָ֑יוle.fa.NavH6440him; and they sayוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559, ‘Longliveיְחִ֖יye.ChiH2421Kingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Adonijahאֲדֹנִיָּֽהוּ׃'a.do.ni.Ya.huH138!’

26But me, evenme your servantעַ֠בְדֶּךָ'Av.de.khaH5650,and Zadokוּלְצָדֹ֨קu.le.tza.DokH6659the priestהַכֹּהֵ֜ןha.ko.HenH3548and Benaiahוְלִבְנָיָ֧הוּve.liv.na.Ya.huH1141the sonבֶן־ven-H1121of Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֛עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077and your servantעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650Solomonוְלִשְׁלֹמֹ֥הve.lish.lo.MohH8010,he has not invitedקָרָֽא׃ka.Ra'H7121.

27Has thisהַזֶּ֑הha.ZehH2088thingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697beenH1961doneH1961by my lordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,and you have not shownהוֹדַ֙עְתָּ֙ho.Da'.taH3045to yourservantsעַבְדְּךָ֔av.dei.khaH5650whoמִ֗יMiH4310should sitיֵשֵׁ֛בye.ShevH3427on the throneכִּסֵּ֥אki.Se'H3678of my lordאֲדֹנִֽי־'a.do.ni-H113the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428afterאַחֲרָֽיו׃ ס'a.cha.RavH310him?”

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