1 Kings 1
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1 Kings 1:16-21

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.’

18But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, my master the king, are not even aware of it!

19He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.

20Now, my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.

21If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”

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