20
Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee;
I pray thee, do not deny me. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not deny thee.
21
And she said, Let Abishag, the Shunammite, be given to Adonijah, thy brother, to wife.
22
And King Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag, the Shunammite, for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he
is my elder brother and he also has Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the son of Zeruiah.
23
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
24
Now, therefore,
as the LORD lives, who has confirmed me, and set me on the throne of David, my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.
25
Then King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
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And unto Abiathar, the priest, the king said, Go to Anathoth, unto thine own inheritance, for thou
art worthy of death; but I will not put thee to death today because thou didst bare the ark of the Lord GOD before David, my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
27
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
28
And the news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he had not turned after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
29
And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD and that he was by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
30
And Benaiah entered into the tabernacle of the LORD and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, No, but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.