Bible Cross References
Adonijah
1 Kings 1:5-18
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And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
6
And his father never at any time checked him, saying, Why have you done [thus]? And he was also very handsome in appearance, and his mother bore him after Absalom.
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And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed after Adonijah.
8
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men of David, did not follow Adonijah.
9
And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and calves and lambs by the stone of Zoheleth, which was near En Rogel. And he called all his brethren, and all the adult [men] of Judah, servants of the king.
10
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty [men], and Solomon his brother, he did not call.
11
And Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and our lord David knows it not?
12
And now come, let me give you counsel, and you shall rescue your life, and the life of your son Solomon.
13
Make haste, and go in to King David, and you shall speak to him, saying, Has not you, my lord, O king, sworn to your handmaid, saying, Your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?
14
And behold, while you are still speaking there with the king, I also will come in after you, and will confirm your words.
15
So Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber. And the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.
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And Bathsheba bowed down before the king; and the king said, What is your request?
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And she said, My lord, you swore by the Lord your God to your handmaid, saying, Your son Solomon shall reign after me, and shall sit upon my throne.
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And now, behold, Adonijah reigns, and you, my lord, O king, know [it] not.
1 Kings 2:13-25
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And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and bowed down to her. And she said, Do you enter peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
14
[He said,] I have business with you. And she said to him, Speak on.
15
And he said to her, You know that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel turned their face toward me for a king; but the kingdom was turned [from me] and became my brother's; for it was [appointed] to him from the Lord.
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And now I make one request of you, do not turn away your face. And Bathsheba said to him, Speak [on].
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And he said to her, Speak to King Solomon, for he will not turn away his face from you, and let him give me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.
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And Bathsheba said, Very well; I will speak to the king for you.
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And Bathsheba went in to King Solomon to speak to him concerning Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and kissed her, and sat on the throne, and a throne was set for the mother of the king, and she sat on his right hand.
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And she said to him, I ask of you one little request; turn not away my face from you. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, and I will not reject you.
21
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother for a wife.
22
And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why have you asked [for] Abishag for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he [is] my older brother, and he has for his companion Abiathar the priest, and Joab the son of Zeruiah the commander-in-chief.
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And King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, [if it be not] that Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life.
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And now [as] the Lord lives who has established me, and set me on the throne of my father David, and He has made me a house, as the Lord spoke, this day shall Adonijah be put to death.
25
So King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he killed him, and Adonijah died in that day.