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OF THE KINGS. |
thou, my -lord,O_king, swear unto thine’ B.C. 1015. handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon | | thy son shall_reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then | -doth Adonijah reign ?
14 Behold, while thou yet stalkest| there with the king, € also will_come_ in after thee, and /-confirm thy) 7. fill up. -words.”
15 And Bath-sheba went_in unto the.
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16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did_| obeisance unto the king. And the i king said, “What wouldest thou?”
17 And she said unto him, “ My -lord,| thou swarest by ?the Lorp thy =God | s.c. Jebovah unto thine handmaid, saying, ‘As-| thy Elo- suredly Solomon thy son Shall_reign) hi™m,jeho- a me, and he shall_sit upon my) Trisne throne.’
1s And now, behold, Adonijah rereign- r. -reigneth, eth ; and now, my -lord the king, thou) decided -knowest it not: a
19 And he hath_slain oxen and fat_| cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath_called all the_sons_of the king,|
|and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the_|
captain_of the host: but Selomon thy servant ‘hath he not called. 2) And thon, my -lord, O_king, the_| eyes_of all Israél ave upon thee, that} thou_shouldest_tell them who shall_sit on the throne_of my -lord the King after him. 21 Otherwise it -shall_come_to pass, when my -lord the king shall-sleep with his fathers, that E and my son Solomon -shall_be_counteil s offenders.” = And, lo, while she yet +talked with | the king, Nathan the prophet also came_in. 2 And they told the king, saying, “Behold Nathan the prophet.” And
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he bowed_himself before the king with his face to the ground.
2! And Nathan said, “My -lord, O_ king, -hast thou said, ‘Adonijah shall_ reign after me, and he shall_sit upon
> For he *is_gone_down this day, and hath_slain oxen and fat_cattle and| sheep in abundance, and hath_called
the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, before |
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