1 Kings 2:19
So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, and she sat at his right hand.
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- Ps 45:9 : 9 Princesses are among your honored women, your bride stands at your right hand, wearing jewelry made with gold from Ophir.
- Ps 110:1 : 1 A psalm of David. Here is the LORD’s proclamation to my lord:“Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!”
- Matt 25:33 : 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
- Exod 20:12 : 12 “Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.
- Lev 19:3 : 3 Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
- Lev 19:32 : 32 You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
- 1 Kgs 15:13 : 13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her loathsome pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
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- 1 Kgs 2:16-183 verses87%
16Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.” She said,“Go ahead and ask.”
17He said,“Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.”
18Bathsheba replied,“That’s fine, I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”
- 1 Kgs 1:11-177 verses82%
11Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother,“Has it been reported to you that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back?
12Now let me give you some advice as to how you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.
13Visit King David and say to him,‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise your servant,“Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’
14While you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive and verify your report.”
15So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters.(The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)
16Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said,“What do you want?”
17She replied to him,“My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the LORD your God,‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’
- 1 Kgs 2:12-143 verses82%
12Solomon Secures the Throne Solomon sat on his father David’s throne, and his royal authority was firmly solidified.
13Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked,“Do you come in peace?” He answered,“Yes.”
14He added,“I have something to say to you.” She replied,“Speak.”
- 1 Kgs 2:20-256 verses81%
20She said,“I would like to ask you for just one small favor. Please don’t refuse me.” He said,“Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”
21She said,“Allow Abishag the Shunammite to be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.”
22King Solomon answered his mother,“Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
23King Solomon then swore an oath by the LORD,“May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!
24Now, as certainly as the LORD lives(he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”
25King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.
- 1 Kgs 1:20-289 verses79%
20Now, my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.
21If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”
22Just then, while she was still speaking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
23The king was told,“Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor.
24Nathan said,“My master, O king, did you announce,‘Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne’?
25For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment they are having a feast in his presence, and they have declared,‘Long live King Adonijah!’
26But he did not invite me– your servant– or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon.
27Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?”
28David Picks Solomon as His Successor King David responded,“Summon Bathsheba!” She came and stood before the king.
- 1 Kgs 1:30-334 verses76%
30I will keep today the oath I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel:‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”
31Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said,“May my master, King David, live forever!”
32King David said,“Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,
33and he told them,“Take your master’s servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon.
- 1 Kgs 1:46-483 verses76%
46Furthermore, Solomon has assumed the royal throne.
47The king’s servants have even come to congratulate our master King David, saying,‘May your God make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’ Then the king leaned on the bed
48and said this:‘The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’”
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24So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He came to her and went to bed with her. Later she gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
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53King Solomon sent men to bring him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him,“Go home.”
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23Solomon sat on the LORD’s throne as king in place of his father David; he was successful and all Israel was loyal to him.
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35Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”
- 1 Kgs 1:37-382 verses71%
37As the LORD is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!”
38So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.
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8Solomon replied to God,“You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.
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6Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.
- 1 Kgs 2:45-462 verses70%
45But King Solomon will be empowered and David’s dynasty will endure permanently before the LORD.
46The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom.
- 1 Kgs 1:43-442 verses70%
43Jonathan replied to Adonijah:“No! Our master King David has made Solomon king.
44The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule.
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12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.
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6(Now his father had never corrected him by saying,“Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom.)
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11Come out, O maidens of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon! He is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the most joyous day of his life!