1 King 1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

1 Kings 1The Struggle for the Succession

1King David was old and advanced in years, and although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm.

2So his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be his attendant; let her lie in your bosom, so that my lord the king may be warm.”

3 and his companions, David’s own warriors, did not side with Adonijah.

9 of the army, and the priest Abiathar, who are now eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

26 to sit on my throne and permitted me to witness it.’ ”

49Then all the guests of Adonijah got up trembling and went their own ways.

501 Kings 2.28Adonijah, fearing Solomon, got up and went to grasp the horns of the altar.

51Solomon was informed, “Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon; see, he has laid hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’ ”

521 Sam 14.45; 2 Sam 14.11So Solomon responded, “If he proves to be a worthy man, not one of his hairs shall fall to the ground, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”

53Then King Solomon sent to have him brought down from the altar. He came to do obeisance to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, “Go home.”

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