The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 1:7 (KJV)
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 1:8 (KJV)
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

[h=1]1 Kings 1:9(NIV)[/h][FONT=&quot]Adonijah then sacrificed sheep, cattle and fattened calves at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons,[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot]and all the royal officials of Judah[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 1:10 (KJV)
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

[FONT=&quot]1 Kings 1:11 (NIV)

Then Nathan asked Bathsheba,[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] Solomon’s mother, “Have you not heard that Adonijah,[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] the son of Haggith, has become king, and our lord David knows nothing about it?[/FONT]

 

[willfollowsGod]

1 Kings 1:12
New International Version (NIV)

Now then, let me advise you how you can save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

 

[slave]

[h=1](1 Kings 1:13): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h][FONT=&quot]13 Go at once to King David and say to him, ‘Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’[/FONT]


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[slave]

[h=1](1 Kings 1:14): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h][FONT=&quot]14 “Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 1:15 (KJV)
And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 1:16 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Bathsheba bowed down, prostrating herself before the king.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“What is it you want?” the king asked.[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 1:17 (KJV)
And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 1:18 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know about it.
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[willfollowsGod]

1 Kings 1:19
New International Version (NIV)

He has sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 1:20 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]My lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to learn from you who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 1:21 (KJV)
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 1:22 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 1:23 (KJV)
And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 1:24 (KJV)
And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 1:25 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Today he has gone down and sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep. He has invited all the king’s sons, the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest. Right now they are eating and drinking with him and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’[/FONT]

 

[willfollowsGod]

1 Kings 1:26
New International Version (NIV)

But me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he did not invite.