The Bible, King James version, Book 11: 1 Kings

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This eBook was produced by David Widger [widger@cecomet.net]
with the help of Derek Andrew's text from January 1992
and the work of Bryan Taylor in November 2002.

Book 11 1 Kings

11:001:001 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered
him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

11:001:002 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.

11:001:003 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of
Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the
king.

11:001:004 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and
ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

11:001:005 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.

11:001:006 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.

11:001:007 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with
Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

11:001:008 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.

11:001:009 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone
of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren
the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:

11:001:010 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and
Solomon his brother, he called not.

11:001:011 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon,
saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith
doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

11:001:012 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.

11:001:013 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?

11:001:014 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also
will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

11:001:015 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the
king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto
the king.

11:001:016 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the
king said, What wouldest thou?

11:001:017 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.

11:001:018 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king,
thou knowest it not:

11:001:019 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.

11:001:020 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.

11:001:021 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.

11:001:022 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the
prophet also came in.

11:001:023 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.

11:001:024 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah
shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

11:001:025 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.

11:001:026 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not
called.

11:001:027 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?

11:001:028 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she
came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

11:001:029 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath
redeemed my soul out of all distress,

11:001:030 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.

11:001:031 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did
reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live
for ever.

11:001:032 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.

11:001:033 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:

11:001:034 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.

11:001:035 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.

11:001:036 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said,
Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

11:001:037 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.

11:001:038 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.

11:001:039 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.

11:001:040 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.

11:001:041 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?

11:001:042 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.

11:001:043 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord
king David hath made Solomon king.

11:001:044 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:

11:001:045 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.

11:001:046 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

11:001:047 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.

11:001:048 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.

11:001:049 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and
rose up, and went every man his way.

11:001:050 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went,
and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

11:001:051 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 today that he
will not slay his servant with the sword.

11:001:052 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.

11:001:053 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.

11:002:001 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he
charged Solomon his son, saying,

11:002:002 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and
shew thyself a man;

11:002:003 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 in the law of Moses,
that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and
whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

11:002:004 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning
me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk
before me in truth with all their heart and with all their
soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne
of Israel.

11:002:005 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to
me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of
Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of
Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and
put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins,
and in his shoes that were on his feet.

11:002:006 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar
head go down to the grave in peace.

11:002:007 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite,
and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they
came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

11:002:008 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a
Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in
the day when I went to Mahanaim: but 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.

11:002:009 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.

11:002:010 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David.

11:002:011 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.

11:002:012 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his
kingdom was established greatly.

11:002:013 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother
of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said,
Peaceably.

11:002:014 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she
said, Say on.

11:002:015 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.

11:002:016 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said
unto him, Say on.

11:002:017 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.

11:002:018 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

11:002:019 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.

11:002:020 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray
thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my
mother: for I will not say thee nay.

11:002:021 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah
thy brother to wife.

11:002:022 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 mine elder brother; even for him,
and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

11:002:023 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me,
and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against
his own life.

11:002:024 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me,
and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made
me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death
this day.

11:002:025 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

11:002:026 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to
Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death:
but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou
barest the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and
because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was
afflicted.

11:002:027 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the
LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he
spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

11:002:028 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah,
though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the
tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the
altar.

11:002:029 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the
tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then
Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall
upon him.

11:002:030 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto
him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I
will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again,
saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

11:002:031 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon
him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent
blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my
father.

11:002:032 And the LORD shall return his 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 knowing thereof, to
wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and
Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

11:002:033 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and
upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon
his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there
be peace for ever from the LORD.

11:002:034 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.

11:002:035 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over
the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of
Abiathar.

11:002:036 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him,
Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not
forth thence any whither.

11:002:037 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest
over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou
shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

11:002:038 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.

11:002:039 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.

11:002:040 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.

11:002:041 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to
Gath, and was come again.

11:002:042 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.

11:002:043 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the
commandment that I have charged thee with?

11:002:044 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the
wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to
David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy
wickedness upon thine own head;

11:002:045 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David
shall be established before the LORD for ever.

11:002:046 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went
out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was
established in the hand of Solomon.

11:003:001 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took
Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David,
until he had made an end of building his own house, and the
house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

11:003:002 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was
no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

11:003:003 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David
his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high
places.

11:003:004 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was
the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon
offer upon that altar.

11:003:005 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night:
and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

11:003:006 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my
father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in
truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with
thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that
thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this
day.

11:003:007 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king
instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I
know not how to go out or come in.

11:003:008 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast
chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted
for multitude.

11:003:009 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy
people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is
able to judge this thy so great a people?

11:003:010 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this
thing.

11:003:011 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and
hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked
riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies;
but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

11:003:012 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given
thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none
like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like
unto thee.

11:003:013 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked,
both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among
the kings like unto thee all thy days.

11:003:014 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 thy days.

11:003:015 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to
Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the
LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace
offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

11:003:016 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king,
and stood before him.

11:003:017 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.

11:003:018 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.

11:003:019 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid
it.

11:003:020 And she arose at midnight, 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.

11:003:021 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.

11:003:022 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.

11:003:023 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth,
and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son
is the dead, and my son is the living.

11:003:024 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword
before the king.

11:003:025 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give
half to the one, and half to the other.

11:003:026 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king,
for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord,
give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the
other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

11:003:027 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child,
and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

11:003:028 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had
judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom
of God was in him, to do judgment.

11:004:001 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

11:004:002 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of
Zadok the priest,

11:004:003 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

11:004:004 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok
and Abiathar were the priests:

11:004:005 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud
the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's
friend:

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