1 Et rex David senuerat habebatque aetatis plurimos dies
cumque operiretur vestibus non calefiebat
2 dixerunt ergo ei servi sui
quaeramus domino nostro regi adulescentulam virginem
et stet coram rege et foveat eum
dormiatque in sinu tuo
et calefaciat dominum nostrum regem
3 quaesierunt igitur adulescentulam speciosam
in omnibus finibus Israhel
et invenerunt Abisag Sunamitin
et adduxerunt eam ad regem
4 erat autem puella pulchra nimis
dormiebatque cum rege et ministrabat ei
rex vero non cognovit eam
5 Adonias autem filius Aggith elevabatur dicens ego regnabo
fecitque sibi currum et equites
et quinquaginta viros qui ante eum currerent
6 nec corripuit eum pater suus aliquando dicens quare hoc fecisti
erat autem et ipse pulcher valde secundus natu post Absalom
7 et sermo ei cum Ioab filio Sarviae et cum Abiathar sacerdote
qui adiuvabant partes Adoniae
8 Sadoc vero sacerdos et Banaias filius Ioiadae
et Nathan propheta et Semei et Rhei
et robur exercitus David non erat cum Adonia
9 immolatis ergo Adonias arietibus et vitulis et universis pinguibus
iuxta lapidem Zoheleth qui erat vicinus fonti Rogel
vocavit universos fratres suos filios regis
et omnes viros Iuda servos regis
10 Nathan autem prophetam et Banaiam et robustos quosque
et Salomonem fratrem suum non vocavit
11 dixit itaque Nathan ad Bethsabee matrem Salomonis
num audisti quod regnaverit Adonias filius Aggith
et dominus noster David hoc ignorat
12 nunc ergo veni accipe a me consilium
et salva animam tuam filiique tui Salomonis
13 vade et ingredere ad regem David et dic ei
nonne tu domine mi rex iurasti mihi ancillae tuae dicens
quod Salomon filius tuus regnabit post me
et ipse sedebit in solio meo
quare ergo regnavit Adonias
14 et adhuc ibi te loquente cum rege
ego veniam post te et conplebo sermones tuos
15 ingressa est itaque Bethsabee ad regem in cubiculo
rex autem senuerat nimis et Abisag Sunamitis ministrabat ei
16 inclinavit se Bethsabee et adoravit regem
ad quam rex quid tibi inquit vis
17 quae respondens ait
domine mi tu iurasti per Dominum Deum tuum ancillae tuae
Salomon filius tuus regnabit post me
et ipse sedebit in solio meo
18 et ecce nunc Adonias regnavit te domine mi rex
ignorante
19 mactavit boves et pinguia quaeque et arietes plurimos
et vocavit omnes filios regis
Abiathar quoque sacerdotem et Ioab principem militiae
Salomonem autem servum tuum non vocavit
20 verumtamen domine mi rex in te oculi respiciunt totius Israhel
ut indices eis qui sedere debeat in solio tuo domine mi rex
post te
21 eritque cum dormierit dominus meus rex cum patribus suis
erimus ego et filius meus Salomon peccatores
22 adhuc illa loquente cum rege
Nathan prophetes venit
23 et nuntiaverunt regi dicentes adest Nathan propheta
cumque introisset ante conspectum regis
et adorasset eum pronus in terram
24 dixit Nathan
domine mi rex tu dixisti
Adonias regnet post me et ipse sedeat super thronum meum
25 quia descendit hodie
et immolavit boves et pinguia et arietes plurimos
et vocavit universos filios regis et principes exercitus
Abiathar quoque sacerdotem
illisque vescentibus et bibentibus coram eo
et dicentibus vivat rex Adonias
26 me servum tuum et Sadoc sacerdotem et Banaiam filium Ioiadae
et Salomonem famulum tuum non vocavit
27 numquid a domino meo rege exivit hoc verbum
et mihi non indicasti servo tuo
qui sessurus esset super thronum domini mei regis post eum
28 et respondit rex David dicens vocate ad me Bethsabee
quae cum fuisset ingressa coram rege et stetisset ante eum
29 iuravit rex et ait
vivit Dominus qui eruit animam meam de omni angustia
30 quia sicut iuravi tibi per Dominum Deum Israhel dicens
Salomon filius tuus regnabit post me
et ipse sedebit super solium meum pro me
sic faciam hodie
31 submissoque Bethsabee in terram vultu adoravit regem dicens
vivat dominus meus rex David in aeternum
32 dixit quoque rex David
vocate mihi Sadoc sacerdotem et Nathan propheten
et Banaiam filium Ioiadae
qui cum ingressi fuissent coram rege
33 dixit ad eos
tollite vobiscum servos domini vestri
et inponite Salomonem filium meum super mulam meam
et ducite eum in Gion
34 et unguat eum ibi Sadoc sacerdos et Nathan propheta in regem super
Israhel
et canetis bucina atque dicetis vivat rex Salomon
35 et ascendetis post eum et veniet
et sedebit super solium meum et ipse regnabit pro me
illique praecipiam ut sit dux super Israhel et super Iudam
36 et respondit Banaias filius Ioiadae regi dicens amen
sic loquatur Dominus Deus domini mei regis
37 quomodo fuit Dominus cum domino meo rege
sic sit cum Salomone
et sublimius faciat solium eius a solio domini mei regis David
38 descendit ergo Sadoc sacerdos et Nathan propheta
et Banaias filius Ioiadae
et Cherethi et Felethi
et inposuerunt Salomonem super mulam regis David
et adduxerunt eum in Gion
39 sumpsitque Sadoc sacerdos cornu olei de tabernaculo
et unxit Salomonem et cecinerunt bucina
et dixit omnis populus vivat rex Salomon
40 et ascendit universa multitudo post eum
et populus canentium tibiis et laetantium gaudio magno
et insonuit terra ad clamorem eorum
41 audivit autem Adonias et omnes qui invitati fuerant ab eo
iamque convivium finitum erat
sed et Ioab audita voce tubae ait
quid sibi vult clamor civitatis tumultuantis
42 adhuc illo loquente Ionathan filius Abiathar sacerdotis venit
cui dixit Adonias ingredere quia vir fortis es et bona nuntians
43 responditque Ionathan Adoniae nequaquam
dominus enim noster rex David regem constituit Salomonem
44 misitque cum eo Sadoc sacerdotem et Nathan prophetam
et Banaiam filium Ioiadae et Cherethi et Felethi
et inposuerunt eum super mulam regis
45 unxeruntque eum Sadoc sacerdos et Nathan propheta regem in Gion
et ascenderunt inde laetantes et insonuit civitas
haec est vox quam audistis
46 sed et Salomon sedit super solio
regni
47 et ingressi servi regis benedixerunt domino nostro regi David dicentes
amplificet Deus nomen Salomonis super nomen tuum
et magnificet thronum eius super thronum tuum
et adoravit rex in lectulo suo
48 insuper et haec locutus est
benedictus Dominus Deus Israhel
qui dedit hodie sedentem in solio meo videntibus oculis meis
49 territi sunt ergo et surrexerunt omnes qui invitati fuerant ab Adonia
et ivit unusquisque in viam suam
50 Adonias autem timens Salomonem
surrexit et abiit tenuitque cornu altaris
51 et nuntiaverunt Salomoni dicentes
ecce Adonias timens regem Salomonem
tenuit cornu altaris dicens
iuret mihi hodie rex Salomon
quod non interficiat servum suum gladio
52 dixitque Salomon
si fuerit vir bonus non cadet ne unus quidem capillus eius in terram
sin autem malum inventum fuerit in eo morietur
53 misit ergo rex Salomon et eduxit eum ab altari
et ingressus adoravit regem Salomonem
dixitque ei Salomon vade in domum tuam
1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, 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 him: but the king knew her not.
5 ¶ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him . 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. 9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants: 10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
11 ¶ Wherefore Nathan spake 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? 12 Now therefore come, let me, I 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 unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly 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 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 Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, 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 the king after him. 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
22 ¶ And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet 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 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, God save 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 shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
28 ¶ Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king. 29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, 30 Even as I sware 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. 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
32 ¶ And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. 33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow 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: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too . 37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater 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 out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. 40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with 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. 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; for 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. 46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 47 And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes 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. 51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king 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 shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 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.