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9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
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But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood.”
10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
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Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David.
11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
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He had reigned forty years over Israel—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.
12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
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So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established.
13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
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Now Adonijah, the son of Haggith, went to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. Bathsheba asked him, “Do you come peacefully?” He answered, “Yes, peacefully.”
14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
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Then he added, “I have something to say to you.” “You may say it,” she replied.
15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
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“As you know,” he said, “the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the LORD.
16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
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Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me.” “You may make it,” she said.
17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
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So he continued, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
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“Very well,” Bathsheba replied, “I will speak to the king for you.”
19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
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When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, the king stood up to meet her, bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. He had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat down at his right hand.
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