1 Kings 1:15-31
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[15] Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king. [16] Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What would you? [17] She said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne. [18] Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it: [19] and he has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host; but he hasn't called Solomon your servant. [20] You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. [21] Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. [22] Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in. [23] They told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. When he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. [24] Nathan said, My lord, king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? [25] For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, [Long] live king Adonijah. [26] But he hasn't called me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon. [27] Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? [28] Then king David answered, Call to me Bathsheba. She came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. [29] The king swore, and said, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity, [30] most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day. [31] Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.
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1 Kings 1:15-31 mentions En-rogel, Gihon, Jerusalem, Serpent’s Stone and Shunem.
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