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They then sounded the horn and all the people shouted, "Long live King Solomon!" They all went up after him playing on pipes; and their shouts were so great that the noise seemed to rent the earth. (1 Kings 1, 40)
Jonathan answered Adonijah, "Not at all, for our lord King David has made Solomon king. (1 Kings 1, 43)
The king sent him with Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and Plethites who made him ride on the king's mule. (1 Kings 1, 44)
Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed him king at Gihon. As they returned, all the city cheered; this is the noise that you have heard. (1 Kings 1, 45)
and the king's servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying: 'May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours and his reign greater than yours.' At this, the king bowed in worship on his bed and said, (1 Kings 1, 47)
This was reported to Solomon, "Adonijah is so afraid of King Solomon that he has held onto the horns of the altar, and he says, 'Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not slay me with the sword'." (1 Kings 1, 51)
So King Solomon sent for him and they brought him down from the altar. He came before King Solomon and paid him homage; after that, Solomon sent him home. (1 Kings 1, 53)
and he continued, "Please ask King Solomon to give me Abishag the Shunammite for my wife. I know that he cannot refuse you." (1 Kings 2, 17)
Bathsheba answered, "Very well, I shall speak to the king on your behalf." (1 Kings 2, 18)
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king met her and bowed to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king's mother who sat on his right. (1 Kings 2, 19)
She said, "I have one small request to make of you. Do not refuse me." And the king answered her, "Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you." (1 Kings 2, 20)
King Solomon answered his mother, "And why do you not ask for the kingdom to be given to him! For he is my elder brother, and Abiathar the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah are on his side." (1 Kings 2, 22)
