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After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
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After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
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After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
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After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
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After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
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After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
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The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. The Kohathites were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.
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numbered 8,580.
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When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres.
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These are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
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Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him;
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David’s Last Words
These are the last words of David: “The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse, the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, the hero of Israel’s songs:
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but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the special guard or his brother Solomon.
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Then Nathan asked Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Have you not heard that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has become king, and our lord David knows nothing about it?
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Now then, let me advise you how you can save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
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Go in to King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to me your servant: “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
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She said to him, “My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant by the Lord your God: ‘Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
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He has sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.
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Otherwise, as soon as my lord the king is laid to rest with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be treated as criminals.”
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But me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he did not invite.
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David Makes Solomon King
Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.
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I will surely carry out this very day what I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
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he said to them: “Take your lord’s servants with you and have Solomon my son mount my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
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There have Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him king over Israel. Blow the trumpet and shout, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
