OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 10

1 Kings 1:10

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but he didn’t call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.

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1 Kings 1:7–13

7

He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.

8

But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

9

Adonijah killed sheep, cattle, and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants;

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but he didn’t call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.

11

Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Haven’t you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn’t know it?

12

Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life and your son Solomon’s life.

13

Go in to King David, and tell him, ‘Didn’t you, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then does Adonijah reign?’

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