David builds

my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

25 And David built there an altar

1 KINGS, I. B. C. 1017.

c ch.21.14.

an altar. unto the LORD, and offered burutofferings and peace-offerings. So the LORD was entreated c for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, 5 reign. and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to hun: but the king knew her not.

5 Then Adonijah a the son of Haggith exalted himself, b saying. I will be king: and c he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

c 2Sam. 15.1.

6 from his
days.
his words

were.

d ch.2.28.

e 2Sa.20.25.

8 helped after

Adonijah.

6 And his father had not displeased him 6 at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his fch.4.18. mother hare Inn after Absalom.

g2Sa.23.8,

&c.

And he conferred with Joab d the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathare the priest: and they, 8 fol-9 or, the well lowing Adonijah, helped him.

8 But Zacok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, ƒ and Rei, and the mighty men g which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

Rogel, 2Sa.17.17.

h2Sa. 12. 1,&c.

ver.30. k1Ch.22.6-13.

9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of 10 fill up. Zoheleth, which is by 9 En-ro-11 What to gel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:

10 But Nathan h the prophet, and

thee?

1 ver. 7-9.

11 Wherefore Nathan spoke unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

I

12 Now therefore come, let me, pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear i unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly k Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and 10 confirm thy words.

15 And Bath-sheba went in unto the king, into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said 11 What wouldest thou? 17 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:

18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:

19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.

20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee," that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord m ch.2.10. the king after him.

21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep m with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted 12 offenders.

12 sinners.

n ver. 19. 13 Let king Adonijah live.

22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the propheto 1Sa. 10.24. also came in.

23 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.

24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

25 For n he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, 13 God save o king Adonijah.

26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.

27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

28 T Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came 14 into the king's pre-i sence, and stood before the king.

29 And the king sware, and said, p As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, 30 Even as I sware q unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

14 before the king.

p 2Sam.4.9.

q ver. 13, 17.

r Ne.2.3. Dan.2.4.

5.10. 6.21.

s 2Sa.20.6. 15 which belongeth to me, Es.6.8.

t 2Ch.32.30. u ch. 19.16. 1Sa. 10.1. 16.3,12. 2Sam.2.4. 5.3. 2Ki.9.3. 11.12. Ps. 89.20,36. Is.45.1.

Acts 10.38. 2Cor.1.21,

22.

v 2Ki.9.13.

w Ps.72.19.

x 1Ch.17.27.

y Jos.1.5, 17.

z ver.47. Ps.89.27.

25. Ps. 89.20.

31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did re- a Ex.30.23verence to the king, and said, Letr my lord king David live for ever. 32 T And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiali the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

b 1Ch.29.22.

c 1Sa. 10.24.

16 or, flutes.

d Pr.14.13. Ec.7.4-6.

Adonijah's guests fly. ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.

35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: w the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

37 As y the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater z than the throne of my lord king David.

38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.

39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil a out of the tabernacle, and b anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; c and all the people said, God save king Solo

mion.

40 And all the people came up after him; and the people piped with 16 pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating.d And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?

42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; fore thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.

43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.

44 And the king, hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule :

45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.

e 2Sa. 18.27.

46 And also Solomon sitteth ƒ on

47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king

David's charge.

1 KINGS, II.

B. C. 1015.

David, saying, God g make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater g ver.37. than thy throne. And h the kingh Ge.47.31. bowed himself upon the bed.

48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which i hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes k even seeing it.

49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

i ch.3.6.

Ps. 132.11.

Ps. 12.5,6.

I ch.2.28.

m 1Sa. 14.45.

Ac.27.34. n Job 15.22. Pr. 13.6. 21.12.

o ch.2.21-25. (CHAP. 2.) a Ge.47.29. De.31.14. Job 7.1. b Jos.23.14.

Heb.9.27.

d Ec. 12. 13.

51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king c Ps.$9.48. Solomon for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to-day, that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

52 And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, therem shall not an hair of him fall to the earth but n if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. o

53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. CHAPTER II.

David having given a charge to Solomon, dieth.

days of David drew

1 Cor. 16.13. e Ps. 17. 18-20. f De.29.9. 1 or, do wisely, 1Sa. 18.5. 14,30.

2

g Ps. 132. 12. h 23.7.16. be cut off from thee from the throne.

i 2 a. 19.5-7. k 25a.3.27. 12Sa.20.10.

3 put.

Now that he should die; and hem ver.9.

charged Solomon his son, saying, 216 go the way of all c the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man; d

3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments. and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written e in the law of Moses, that f thon mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

n ver.31.34. o Ge.42.38.

44.31.

p 2Sa. 19.31. q 28a. 17.27. r 252.16.5,

t

&c.

4 strong. 28a.19.18. Ex.20.7.

u

Job 9.28.

ch.1.21.

Ac. 13.36.

v Acts 2.29, w 2Sam.5.7.

David's death. his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

6 Do therefore according m to thy wisdom, and n let not his hoar heado go down to the grave in peace.

7 But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai p the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table for so they came q to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei r the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a 4 grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: buts he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

9 Now therefore hold t 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.

10 So David slept u with his fathers, and was buried v in the city w of David.

11 And a 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.

12 T Then y sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established z greatly.

13 T And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest a thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee, And she said, Say on.

15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, b 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 c from the LORD.

unto him, Say on.

Je.27.5-8.
Dan.2.21.

5 turn not away my face,

Ps. 132. 10.

5 Moreover, thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, i and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner k the son of Ner, and unto d ch.1.3.4. Amasa the son of Jether, whom e Lev. 19.32. he slew, and 3 shed the blood of ƒ Ex.20.12. war in peace, and put the blood of g Ps.45.9. war upon his girdle that was about

17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag d the Shunammite to wife. 18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I I will speak for thee unto the king. 19 T Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose e up to meet her, and f 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.

my father, and because thou hast been afflicted o in all wherein my x 2 Ch.21.13. father was afflicted.

27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar y 2Sa.3 37. from being priest unto the LORD; z 2Sa.3 27. that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning p a 2Sa.20.10. the house of Eli in Shiloh.

b 2Sa.3.29.

tabernacle of the LORD, and caught s hold on the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the taber- f Nu.25.11nacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. t Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

13. 1Ch.6.53. 24.3.

g ver.27. 1Sa.2.35.

30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come h ver.8. forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought i 2Sa.15.23. the king word again, saying, Thus k Lev.20.9. said Joab,and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that u thou mayest take away the innocent blood,

Jos.2.19. 2Sa.1, 16.

7 1Sa.27.2.

Joab put to death. which Joab shed, v from me, and from the house of my father.

32 And the LORD shall return whis blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not y knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, z captain of the host of Israel, and Aniasa a the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed b for ever: but c upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever d from the LORD.

34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his roome over the host: and Zadok ƒ the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.g

36 T And the king sent and called for Shimei, h and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, i thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy k blood shall be upon

thine own head.

38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the com

46 So the king commanded Be-c ch.7.1. naiah the son of Jehoiada; which deh. VI.

Solomon's wisdom. [tween good and bad for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

10 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing.

11 And God said unto him, Because y thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself 3 long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to 4 discern judgment;

12 Behold, I have done z accord

Lev. 17.3,5. g De.30. 16,

1

20. Ps.31.23. Mat.22.37. Rom.8.28. h ver.6,14. Jno. 14.15,

21.

2Ch.1.3,&c. 1Ch.16.39. ch.9.2. m Nu.12.6.

Mat.1.20. n Mat.7.7.

or, bounty. Jno. 16.24.

0 ch.2.4.

9.4.

15.5.

3 And Solomon loved g the LORD, walking in the statutesh of David his father: only he sacrificed and p 2K1.20.3. burnt incense in high places.

Ps. 15.2.

4 And the king went to Gibeon i 9 ch.1.48. to sacrifice there; for that k wasr 1Ch.29.1. the great high place: a thousand & Ps. 121.8. burnt-offerings did Solomon offert Deut.7.6. upon that altar.

5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream m by night and God said, Ask n what I shall give thee.

6 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great 1 mercy, according as he walked o before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in up-! nghtness p of heart with thee; and thon hast kept for him this great kundness, that thou hast given him a song to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

u Ge. 13.16. 2 hearing. v Pr.2.3-9. Jam.1.5.

w Ps.72. 1,2. Jno.5 30. Heb.5.14.

y

3

Rom.8.26.

Jam.4.3.

many days. 4 hear. z 1Jno.5.14. a ch.4.29-31. 5.12.

10.23,21. Ec. 1. 13, 16. b Mat.6.33.

7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but Ep.3.10. a little child: r I know not how to e ch.4.21,24. gos out or come in.

And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for molitude.

Pr.3. 16.

d ch.10.23-29.

or, hath

not been. e De.25.15. f ch.8.65. g Nu.27.2. 9 Give therefore thy servant anh Job 24. 16. 2 understanding v heart to judge w Ps. 139.11. thy people, that I may discern be

thee a wise and an understanding heart; so a that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

13 And I have also given thee that b which thou hast not asked, both riches, c and honour: so that d there 5 shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen e thy days.

15 And Solomon awoke; and, became to Jerusalem, and stood be hold, it was a dream. And he

fore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast f to all his ser

vants.

16 T Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before g him.

17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 20 And she arose at midnight, h and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. 22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.