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1
|1 Reyes 1:1|
Now King David was old and far on in years; and though they put covers over him, his body was cold.
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2
|1 Reyes 1:2|
So his servants said to him, Let search be made for a young virgin for my lord the king, to take care of him and be waiting on him; and you may take her in your arms, and so my lord the king will be warm.
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3
|1 Reyes 1:3|
So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.
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4
|1 Reyes 1:4|
Now she was very beautiful; and she took care of the king, waiting on him at all times; but the king had no connection with her.
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5
|1 Reyes 1:5|
Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.
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6
|1 Reyes 1:6|
Now all his life his father had never gone against him or said to him, Why have you done so? and he was a very good-looking man, and younger than Absalom.
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7
|1 Reyes 1:7|
And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.
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8
|1 Reyes 1:8|
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei, and David's men of war did not take the side of Adonijah.
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9
|1 Reyes 1:9|
Then Adonijah put to death sheep and oxen and fat beasts by the stone of Zoheleth, by En-rogel; and he sent for all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants, to come to him:
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10
|1 Reyes 1:10|
But he did not send for Nathan the prophet and Benaiah and the other men of war and Solomon his brother.
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