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Davíð konungur var nú orðinn gamall og hniginn að aldri, og þótt hann væri þakinn sængurfötum, gat honum ekki hitnað.

Fyrir því sögðu þjónar hans við hann: "Það ætti að leita að yngismey handa mínum herra konunginum til þess að þjóna konunginum og hjúkra honum. Skal hún liggja við brjóst þitt, til þess að mínum herra konunginum megi hitna."

Síðan var leitað að fríðri stúlku í öllu Ísraelslandi, og fundu menn Abísag frá Súnem og fóru með hana til konungs.

En stúlkan var forkunnar fríð og hjúkraði konungi og þjónaði honum, en konungur kenndi hennar ekki.

Adónía sonur Haggítar hreykti sér upp og hugsaði með sér: "Ég vil verða konungur." Og hann fékk sér vagna og hesta og fimmtíu menn, sem fyrir honum hlupu.

En faðir hans hafði aldrei angrað hann á ævinni með því að segja við hann: "Hví hefir þú gjört þetta?" Auk þess var hann mjög fríður sýnum og næstur Absalon að aldri.

Hann átti og ráðstefnur við Jóab Serújuson og Abjatar prest, og fylgdu þeir Adónía að málum.

En Sadók prestur, Benaja Jójadason, Natan spámaður, Símeí, Reí og kappar Davíðs fylgdu eigi Adónía.

Adónía slátraði sauðum og nautum og alikálfum hjá Höggormssteini, sem er hjá Rógel-lind, og bauð til öllum bræðrum sínum, konungssonunum, og öllum Júdamönnum, þegnum konungs.

10 En Natan spámanni, Benaja og köppunum og Salómon bróður sínum bauð hann ekki.

11 Þá mælti Natan við Batsebu, móður Salómons, á þessa leið: "Hefir þú ekki heyrt, að Adónía sonur Haggítar er orðinn konungur, og Davíð, herra vor, veit það ekki?

12 Kom þú nú, og vil ég leggja þér ráð, hversu þú megir forða lífi þínu og lífi Salómons sonar þíns.

13 Far þú og gakk fyrir Davíð konung og seg við hann: ,Hefir þú ekki, minn herra konungur, unnið ambátt þinni eið og sagt: Salómon sonur þinn skal verða konungur eftir mig, og hann skal sitja í hásæti mínu? Hví er þá Adónía orðinn konungur?`

14 Sjá, meðan þú enn ert að tala þar við konung, skal ég koma á eftir þér og staðfesta orð þín."

15 Þá gekk Batseba fyrir konung inn í svefnhúsið, en konungur var þá gamall mjög, og Abísag frá Súnem þjónaði honum.

16 Batseba hneigði sig og laut konungi. Konungur mælti: "Hvað er þér á höndum?"

17 Hún sagði við hann: "Herra minn, þú hefir unnið ambátt þinni svolátandi eið við Drottin, Guð þinn: ,Salómon sonur þinn skal verða konungur eftir mig, og hann skal sitja í hásæti mínu.`

18 En sjá, nú er Adónía orðinn konungur, og þú veist það ekki, minn herra konungur!

19 Hann hefir slátrað fjölda af uxum, alikálfum og sauðum og boðið til öllum konungssonum og Abjatar presti og Jóab hershöfðingja, en Salómon þjóni þínum hefir hann ekki boðið.

20 Og nú standa augu allra Ísraelsmanna á þér, minn herra konungur, að þú gjörir kunnugt, hver sitja skuli í hásæti míns herra konungsins eftir þinn dag.

21 Ella mun svo fara, þegar minn herra konungurinn hvílir hjá feðrum sínum, að ég og Salómon sonur minn munum talin óbótamenn."

22 En meðan hún var að tala við konung, kom Natan spámaður.

23 Og konungi var sagt: "Natan spámaður er hér kominn." Gekk hann þá inn fyrir konung og laut á ásjónu sína til jarðar fyrir konungi

24 og mælti: "Minn herra konungur, hefir þú sagt: ,Adónía skal vera konungur eftir mig, og hann skal sitja í hásæti mínu?`

25 Því að hann fór niður eftir í dag og slátraði fjölda af uxum, alikálfum og sauðum og bauð til öllum konungssonunum, hershöfðingjunum og Abjatar presti. Þeir eru nú að eta og drekka hjá honum og hrópa: ,Adónía konungur lifi!`

26 En mér, þjóni þínum, Sadók presti, Benaja Jójadasyni og Salómon þjóni þínum bauð hann ekki.

27 Er þetta orðið að tilhlutun míns herra konungsins, þar sem þú hefir ekki gjört þjónum þínum kunnugt, hver sitja skuli í hásæti míns herra konungsins eftir þinn dag?"

28 Þá svaraði Davíð konungur og mælti: "Kallið á Batsebu!" Gekk hún þá inn fyrir konung. Og er hún stóð frammi fyrir konungi,

29 sór konungur og sagði: "Svo sannarlega sem Drottinn lifir, sá er frelsað hefir líf mitt úr öllum nauðum:

30 Eins og ég sór þér við Drottin, Ísraels Guð, og sagði: Salómon sonur þinn skal verða konungur eftir mig, og hann skal sitja í hásæti mínu í minn stað _ svo vil ég staðfesta það í dag."

31 Þá hneigði Batseba ásjónu sína til jarðar, laut konungi og mælti: "Minn herra Davíð konungur lifi eilíflega!"

32 Þá sagði Davíð konungur: "Kallið á Sadók prest, Natan spámann og Benaja Jójadason." Þeir gengu síðan fyrir konung.

33 Og konungur sagði við þá: "Takið með yður þjóna herra yðar, setjið Salómon son minn á múl minn og farið með hann til Gíhonlindar.

34 Skal Sadók prestur og Natan spámaður smyrja hann þar til konungs yfir Ísrael. Þeytið síðan lúðurinn og hrópið: ,Salómon konungur lifi!`

35 Komið síðan með honum hingað, og skal hann þá koma og setjast í hásæti mitt og vera konungur í minn stað, því að hann hefi ég skipað til að vera höfðingja yfir Ísrael og Júda."

36 Þá svaraði Benaja Jójadason konungi og mælti: "Veri það svo; Drottinn, Guð míns herra konungsins, gefi það.

37 Eins og Drottinn hefir verið með mínum herra konunginum, svo sé hann og með Salómon og hefji hásæti hans enn hærra en hásæti míns herra, Davíðs konungs."

38 Þá fóru þeir Sadók prestur, Natan spámaður, Benaja Jójadason og Kretar og Pletar og settu Salómon á múl Davíðs konungs og fóru með hann til Gíhonlindar.

39 Þá tók Sadók prestur olíuhornið úr tjaldinu og smurði Salómon. Þá þeyttu þeir lúðurinn, og allur lýðurinn hrópaði: "Lifi Salómon konungur!"

40 Síðan fór allur lýðurinn heim aftur með honum, og menn blésu á hljóðpípur og létu feginslátum, svo að við sjálft lá, að jörðin rifnaði af ópi þeirra.

41 Adónía og allir þeir, sem hann hafði í boði sínu, heyrðu þetta, er þeir höfðu lokið máltíðinni. Þegar Jóab heyrði lúðurhljóminn, mælti hann: "Hví er öll borgin í uppnámi?"

42 En er hann var þetta að mæla, kom Jónatan, sonur Abjatars prests. Þá sagði Adónía: "Kom þú hingað, því að þú ert sæmdarmaður og munt flytja góð tíðindi."

43 Þá svaraði Jónatan og sagði við Adónía: "Það er nú svo! Herra vor, Davíð konungur, hefir gjört Salómon að konungi.

44 Konungur hefir sent með honum Sadók prest, Natan spámann, Benaja Jójadason og Kreta og Pleta, og þeir hafa sett hann á múl konungs.

45 Og þeir Sadók prestur og Natan spámaður hafa smurt hann til konungs við Gíhonlind. Þaðan fóru þeir heim fagnandi, svo að öll borgin er komin í uppnám. Þetta er hávaðinn, sem þér hafið heyrt.

46 Salómon hefir meira að segja setst í konungshásætið.

47 Sömuleiðis komu þjónar konungs til þess að árna herra vorum, Davíð konungi, heilla, og sögðu: ,Guð þinn gjöri nafn Salómons enn víðfrægara en nafn þitt, og hefji hásæti hans enn hærra en hásæti þitt!` og hneigði konungur sig í hvílu sinni.

48 Konungur hefir og mælt svo: ,Lofaður sé Drottinn, Ísraels Guð, sem í dag hefir skipað eftirmann í hásæti mitt og látið mér auðnast að líta það."`

49 Þá skelfdust allir boðsgestir Adónía, héldu af stað, og fór hver leiðar sinnar.

50 En Adónía var hræddur við Salómon, hélt af stað og fór burt og greip um altarishornin.

51 Var Salómon sagt frá því með svofelldum orðum: "Sjá, Adónía er hræddur við Salómon konung, heldur um altarishornin og segir: ,Salómon konungur sverji mér í dag, að hann skuli ekki láta taka þjón sinn af lífi."`

52 Þá sagði Salómon: "Komi hann fram sem góður drengur skal ekki eitt af hárum hans falla til jarðar, en reynist hann ódrengur skal hann lífi týna."

53 Þá sendi Salómon konungur og lét taka hann frá altarinu, og er hann kom og laut Salómon konungi, sagði Salómon við hann: "Far þú heim til þín."

Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King

When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. So his attendants said to him, “Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.”

Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag,(A) a Shunammite,(B) and brought her to the king. The woman was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no sexual relations with her.

Now Adonijah,(C) whose mother was Haggith, put himself forward and said, “I will be king.” So he got chariots(D) and horses[a] ready, with fifty men to run ahead of him. (His father had never rebuked(E) him by asking, “Why do you behave as you do?” He was also very handsome and was born next after Absalom.)

Adonijah conferred with Joab(F) son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar(G) the priest, and they gave him their support. But Zadok(H) the priest, Benaiah(I) son of Jehoiada, Nathan(J) the prophet, Shimei(K) and Rei and David’s special guard(L) did not join Adonijah.

Adonijah then sacrificed sheep, cattle and fattened calves at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel.(M) He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons,(N) and all the royal officials of Judah, 10 but he did not invite(O) Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the special guard or his brother Solomon.(P)

11 Then Nathan asked Bathsheba,(Q) Solomon’s mother, “Have you not heard that Adonijah,(R) the son of Haggith, has become king, and our lord David knows nothing about it? 12 Now then, let me advise(S) you how you can save your own life and the life of your son Solomon. 13 Go in to King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear(T) 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?’ 14 While you are still there talking to the king, I will come in and add my word to what you have said.”

15 So Bathsheba went to see the aged king in his room, where Abishag(U) the Shunammite was attending him. 16 Bathsheba bowed down, prostrating herself before the king.

“What is it you want?” the king asked.

17 She said to him, “My lord, you yourself swore(V) to me your servant by the Lord your God: ‘Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.’ 18 But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know about it. 19 He has sacrificed(W) 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. 20 My lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to learn from you who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 Otherwise, as soon as my lord the king is laid to rest(X) with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be treated as criminals.”

22 While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived. 23 And the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” So he went before the king and bowed with his face to the ground.

24 Nathan said, “Have you, my lord the king, declared that Adonijah shall be king after you, and that he will sit on your throne? 25 Today he has gone down and sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep. He has invited all the king’s sons, the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest. Right now they are eating and drinking with him and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ 26 But me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he did not invite.(Y) 27 Is this something my lord the king has done without letting his servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

David Makes Solomon King(Z)

28 Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.

29 The king then took an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,(AA) 30 I will surely carry out this very day what I swore(AB) 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.”

31 Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself before the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

32 King David said, “Call in Zadok(AC) the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” When they came before the king, 33 he said to them: “Take your lord’s servants with you and have Solomon my son mount my own mule(AD) and take him down to Gihon.(AE) 34 There have Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint(AF) him king over Israel. Blow the trumpet(AG) and shout, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ 35 Then you are to go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”

36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so declare it. 37 As the Lord was with my lord the king, so may he be with(AH) Solomon to make his throne even greater(AI) than the throne of my lord King David!”

38 So Zadok(AJ) the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites(AK) and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon mount King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.(AL) 39 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil(AM) from the sacred tent(AN) and anointed Solomon. Then they sounded the trumpet(AO) and all the people shouted,(AP) “Long live King Solomon!” 40 And all the people went up after him, playing pipes(AQ) and rejoicing greatly, so that the ground shook with the sound.

41 Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they were finishing their feast. On hearing the sound of the trumpet, Joab asked, “What’s the meaning of all the noise in the city?”(AR)

42 Even as he was speaking, Jonathan(AS) son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in. A worthy man like you must be bringing good news.”(AT)

43 “Not at all!” Jonathan answered. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king. 44 The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites and the Pelethites, and they have put him on the king’s mule, 45 and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon. From there they have gone up cheering, and the city resounds(AU) with it. That’s the noise you hear. 46 Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat(AV) on the royal throne. 47 Also, the royal officials have come to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make Solomon’s name more famous than yours and his throne greater(AW) than yours!’ And the king bowed in worship on his bed 48 and said, ‘Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has allowed my eyes to see a successor(AX) on my throne today.’”

49 At this, all Adonijah’s guests rose in alarm and dispersed. 50 But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, went and took hold of the horns(AY) of the altar. 51 Then Solomon was told, “Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon and is clinging to the horns of the altar. He says, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’”

52 Solomon replied, “If he shows himself to be worthy, not a hair(AZ) of his head will fall to the ground; but if evil is found in him, he will die.” 53 Then King Solomon sent men, and they brought him down from the altar. And Adonijah came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon said, “Go to your home.”

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:5 Or charioteers

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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:

10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.

11 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?

12 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.

13 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?

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

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

16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

17 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.

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

19 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.

20 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.

21 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.

22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

23 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.

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

25 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.

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

27 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?

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

29 And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

30 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.

31 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.

32 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.

33 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:

34 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.

35 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.

36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too.

37 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.

38 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.

39 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.

40 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.

41 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?

42 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.

43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.

44 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:

45 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.

46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

47 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.

48 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.

49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.

50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

51 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.

52 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.

53 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.