1 Kings 2:16-28

16NowH6258 I am makingH7592 oneH259 requestH7596 of you; do not 1refuseH7725 me.” And she saidH559 to him, “SpeakH1696.” 17Then he saidH559, “PleaseH4994 speakH559 to SolomonH8010 the kingH4428, for he will not 2refuseH7725 you, that he may giveH5414 me 3AbishagH49 the ShunammiteH7767 as a wifeH802.” 18BathshebaH1339 saidH559, “VeryH2896 wellH2896; I will speakH1696 to the kingH4428 for you.”

19So BathshebaH1339 wentH935 to KingH4428 SolomonH8010 to speakH1696 to him for AdonijahH138. And the kingH4428 aroseH6965 to meetH7122 her, bowedH7812 before her, and satH3427 on his throneH3678; then he 4had a throneH3678 setH7760 for the king’sH4428 motherH517, and 5she satH3427 on his rightH3225. 20Then she saidH559, “I am makingH7592 oneH259 smallH6996 requestH7596 of you; 6do not 7refuseH7725 me.” And the kingH4428 saidH559 to her, “AskH7592, my motherH517, for I will not 8refuseH7725 you.” 21So she saidH559, “9Let AbishagH49 the ShunammiteH7767 be givenH5414 to AdonijahH138 your brotherH251 as a wifeH802.” 22KingH4428 SolomonH8010 answeredH6030 and saidH559 to his motherH517, “And whyH4100 are you askingH7592 AbishagH49 the ShunammiteH7767 for AdonijahH138? 10AskH7592 for him also the kingdomH4410--11for he is my olderH1419 brotherH251--even for him, for 12AbiatharH54 the priestH3548, and for JoabH3097 the sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870!” 23Then KingH4428 SolomonH8010 sworeH7650 by the LordH3068, sayingH559, “May GodH430 doH6213 soH3541 to me and moreH3254 alsoH3541, ifH3588 AdonijahH138 has 13not spokenH1696 thisH2088 wordH1697 against his own 14lifeH5315. 24NowH6258 therefore, as the LordH3068 livesH2416, whoH834 has establishedH3559 me and setH3427 me on the throneH3678 of DavidH1732 my fatherH1 and 15whoH834 has madeH6213 me a houseH1004 as He promisedH1696, surelyH3588 AdonijahH138 shall be putH4191 to deathH4191 todayH3117.” 25So KingH4428 SolomonH8010 16sentH7971 BenaiahH1141 the sonH1121 of JehoiadaH3077; and he fellH6293 upon him so that he diedH4191.

26Then to AbiatharH54 the priestH3548 the kingH4428 saidH559, “17GoH1980 to AnathothH6068 to your own fieldH7704, 18for you 19deserveH376 to dieH4194; but I will not putH4191 you to deathH4191 at thisH2088 timeH3117, becauseH3588 20you carriedH5375 the arkH727 of the LordH136 21GodH3068 beforeH6440 my fatherH1 DavidH1732, and becauseH3588 22you were afflictedH6031 in everythingH3605 with whichH834 my fatherH1 was afflictedH6031.” 27So SolomonH8010 dismissedH1644 AbiatharH54 from beingH1961 priestH3548 to the LordH3068, in order to fulfillH4390 23the wordH1697 of the LordH3068, whichH834 He had spokenH1696 concerningH5921 the houseH1004 of EliH5941 in ShilohH7887.

28Now the newsH8052 cameH935 to JoabH3097, 24for JoabH3097 had followedH5186H310 AdonijahH138, 25although he had not followedH310H5186 AbsalomH53. And JoabH3097 fledH5127 to the tentH168 of the LordH3068 and 26tookH2388 holdH2388 of the hornsH7161 of the altarH4196.