1 Kings 1:20-30 (New American Standard)
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"As for you now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
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"Otherwise it will come about, 1as soon as my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered aoffenders."
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Behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
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They told the king, saying, "Here is Nathan the prophet." And when he came in before the king, he prostrated himself bbefore the king with his face to the ground.
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Then Nathan said, "My lord the king, have you said, 'Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne '?
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"2For he has gone down today and has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons and the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest, and behold, they are eating and drinking before him; and they say, '3Long live King Adonijah !'
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"4But me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and your servant Solomon, he has not invited.
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"Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown to your cservants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
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Then King David said, "Call Bathsheba to me." And she came into the king's presence and stood before the king.
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The king vowed and said, "5As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
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surely as 6I vowed to you by the LORD the God of Israel, saying, 'Your son Solomon shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place '; I will indeed do so this day."
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