1 Kings 1
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1 Kings 1:15-17

15So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

16Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said, “What do you want?”

17She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’

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