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1 Kings 1:13-15
New Catholic Bible
1 Kings 1:13-15
New Catholic Bible
13 “Go at once to King David and say to him, ‘Did not my lord, the king, make an oath to your handmaid, saying, “Solomon, your son, will reign after me and will sit upon my throne? Why, then, is Adonijah reigning?” 14 While you are still speaking with the king, I will arrive and confirm your words.’ ”
15 So Bathsheba went into the king’s chamber. Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunamite served the king.[a]
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- 1 Kings 1:15 The relationship between David and Bathsheba has changed dramatically since the adultery and murder that had started it. He is now an old man with another woman in her place, but she comes to intercede on behalf of her son Solomon.
