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Pơtao Dawid Tha Biă Mă

¹Tơdang pơtao Dawid tha biă mă laih, ñu ƀu hơmâo djŏp tơlơi pơđao ôh wơ̆t tơdah ƀing ding kơna ñu mă lu abăn sŏm brơi kơ gơ̆, samơ̆ gơ̆ ăt dŏ rơŏt mơ̆n. ²Tui anŭn, ƀing khua moa ñu laĭ kơ Dawid tui anai, “Ơ pơtao, brơi bĕ kơ ƀing gơmơi hơduah sa čô dra hơči̱h kơ ih kiăng kơ răk wai ih. Ñu dưi đih jĕ ih kiăng kơ ih dưi hơmâo djŏp tơlơi đaŏ tơlơi pơđao yơh, Ơ pơtao khua gơmơi ăh.”
³Giŏng anŭn, ƀing gơñu hơduah amăng djŏp Israel kơ sa čô dra hiam bơnai laih anŭn ƀing gơñu hơduah ƀuh HʼAbisag, jing mơnuih mơ̆ng plei Sunêm, tui anŭn ƀing gơñu ba rai gơ̆ kơ pơtao yơh. ⁴Dra anai hiam bơnai biă mă; ñu răk wai pơtao laih anŭn djru kơ pơtao, samơ̆ pơtao ƀu đih hrŏm hăng gơ̆ ôh.

Adôniyah, Ană Pơtao Dawid, Pơdơ̆ng Đĭ Ñu Pô Jing Pơtao

⁵Hlak anŭn, Adôniyah,⚓ amĭ ñu jing HʼHagit, pơang đĭ ñu pô laih anŭn laĭ tui anai, “Kâo či jing pơtao yơh.” Tui anŭn, ñu prap pre khul rơdêh aseh hrŏm hăng khul aseh laih anŭn rơmapluh čô đuaĭ nao gah anăp kơ ñu. ⁶Adôniyah tơkeng rai tŏ tui ayŏng ñu Absalôm laih anŭn ñu ăt hiam rơkơi biă mă, samơ̆ ñu pơgao pơang yuakơ amăng abih tơlơi hơdip ñu, ama ñu pơtao Dawid ƀu pơkhư̆ pơtô ñu ôh laih anŭn kŏn tơña lơi kơ ñu tui anai, “Yua hơget ih ngă tui anŭn lĕ?”
⁷Yuakơ Adôniyah kiăng kơ jing hĭ pơtao, ñu pơbưp ră ruai hăng Yôab ană đah rơkơi HʼZeruyah, laih anŭn hăng Abiathar khua ngă yang prŏng hloh, tui anŭn ƀing gơñu tŭ ư gŭm djru Adôniyah yơh. ⁸Samơ̆ Zadôk khua ngă yang prŏng hloh,⚓ Benayah⚓ ană đah rơkơi Yehôyada, pô pơala Nathan, Simei, Rei laih anŭn ƀing răng pơgang Dawid ƀu pơgop hrŏm hăng Adôniyah ôh.
⁹Giŏng anŭn, Adôniyah trŭn nao ngă yang hăng khul triu, rơmô laih anŭn ană rơmô rơmŏng, jing hlô mơnơ̆ng rong pioh kơ tơlơi ƀơ̆ng huă, ƀơi Boh Pơtâo Zôhêlet jĕ anih ia bluh In-Rôgêl. Ñu jak iâu rai abih bang ƀing adơi ñu jing ƀing ană đah rơkơi pơtao wơ̆t hăng abih bang ƀing khua moa kơdrưh kơang mơ̆ng kơnung djuai Yudah. ¹⁰Samơ̆ ñu ƀu jak iâu ôh pô pơala Nathan, Benayah, ƀing răng pơgang pơtao Dawid ƀôdah adơi ñu Solomôn jing ană HʼBatseba.

Pô Pơala Nathan Hăng HʼBatseba Nao Bưp Pơtao Dawid

¹¹Tơdang pô pơala Nathan hơmư̆ kơ tơlơi anŭn, ñu nao tơña HʼBatseba jing amĭ Solomôn tui anai, “Ih hơmâo hơmư̆ mơ̆ Adôniyah, jing ană đah rơkơi HʼHagit, hơmâo pơdơ̆ng hĭ laih ñu pô jing pơtao? Ñu ngă laih tơlơi anŭn samơ̆ khua ta Dawid ƀu thâo ôh.⚓ ¹²Hơnŭn yơh ră anai, brơi bĕ kâo djru pơmĭn kơ ih hơdôm tơlơi ih khŏm ngă kiăng kơ pơklaih hĭ tơlơi hơdip ih pô wơ̆t hăng tơlơi hơdip ană đah rơkơi ih Solomôn mơ̆n. ¹³Nao bĕ pơ pơtao Dawid laih anŭn laĭ kơ ñu tui anai, ‘Ơ pơtao khua kâo ăh, ih ƀu ƀuăn rơ̆ng hăng kâo ding kơna ih anai tui anai ôh hă kơ tơlơi Solomôn ană đah rơkơi kâo yơh či jing pơtao tơdơi kơ ih laih anŭn ñu či dŏ ƀơi grê pơtao ih? Tui anŭn, yua hơget ră anai Adôniyah hơmâo jing pơtao laih lĕ?’ ”
Giŏng anŭn, Nathan pơhiăp dơ̆ng hăng HʼBatseba tui anai, ¹⁴“Tơdang ih ăt dŏ pơ anih anŭn hlak pơhiăp hăng pơtao, kâo či mŭt nao laih anŭn pơkơjăp hơget tơlơi ih hơmâo pơhiăp anŭn yơh.”
¹⁵Tui anŭn, HʼBatseba nao bưp pơtao amăng anih dŏ pơtao. Hlak anŭn, HʼAbisag mơnuih Sunêm hlak djru kơ pơtao Dawid yuakơ gơ̆ tha biă mă laih. ¹⁶HʼBatseba bon kơkuh tŏ tơŭt ƀơi anăp pơtao. Pơtao tơña kơ ñu tui anai, “Hơget tơlơi kâo dưi djru kơ ih lĕ?”
¹⁷HʼBatseba laĭ kơ pơtao tui anai, “Ơ khua kâo hơi, amăng anăn Yahweh Ơi Adai ih, ih pô hơmâo ƀuăn laih hăng kâo, jing ding kơna ih anai tui anai, ‘Ană đah rơkơi ih Solomôn yơh či jing pơtao tŏ tui kâo laih anŭn ñu yơh či dŏ ƀơi grê pơtao kâo.’ ¹⁸Samơ̆ kơđai glaĭ, ră anai Adôniyah hơmâo jing pơtao laih, laih anŭn ih, Ơ pơtao khua kâo ăh, aka ƀu thâo ôh kơ tơlơi anŭn. ¹⁹Ñu hơmâo ngă yang laih hăng lu khul triu, rơmô, hăng ană rơmô rơmŏng, laih anŭn hơmâo jak iâu laih abih bang ƀing ană đah rơkơi ih nao pơ tơlơi ƀơ̆ng huă, wơ̆t hăng Abiathar khua ngă yang prŏng hloh hăng khua ƀing ling tơhan ih Yôab mơ̆n, samơ̆ ñu ƀu jak iâu ôh ding kơna tŏng ten ih Solomôn anai.
²⁰“Ơ pơtao khua kâo ăh, mơta abih bang ƀing Israel dŏ lăng ƀơi ih yơh kiăng kơ thâo krăn hlơi pô či dŏ ƀơi grê pơtao ih kiăng kơ git gai tơdơi kơ ih. ²¹Rơngiao kơ tơlơi anŭn, tơdang ih, Ơ pơtao khua kâo ăh, hơmâo tơĭ pran laih, kâo hăng ană đah rơkơi kâo Solomôn, ƀing Adôniyah či ngă sat tañ kơ ƀing gơmơi kar hăng ƀing hơmâo pơkơdơ̆ng glaĭ laih hăng ih yơh.”
²²Tơdang ñu ăt hlak dŏ pơhiăp hăng pơtao, pô pơala Nathan mŭt rai. ²³Laih anŭn ƀing ding kơna pơtao laĭ hăng pơtao tui anai, “Pô pơala Nathan pơ anai.”
Giŏng anŭn, pô pơala anŭn nao pơ anăp pơtao laih anŭn bon kơkuh hăng ƀô̆ mơta ñu sŏ̱ lŏn yơh, ²⁴laih anŭn ñu laĭ tui anai, “Ơ pơtao khua kâo ăh, ih hơmâo pơhaih laih hă, Adôniyah či jing pơtao tơdơi kơ ih, laih anŭn ñu či dŏ ƀơi grê pơtao ih? ²⁵Hrơi anai ñu hơmâo trŭn nao hăng ngă yang laih hăng lu khul rơmô, ană rơmô rơmŏng laih anŭn triu. Ñu hơmâo jak iâu laih abih bang ƀing ană đah rơkơi pơtao, ƀing khua git gai ling tơhan laih anŭn Abiathar khua ngă yang prŏng hloh mơ̆n. Ră anai ƀing gơñu hlak ƀơ̆ng huă hăng Adôniyah laih anŭn laĭ, ‘Kwưh rơkâo kơ pơtao Adôniyah hơdip sui!’ ²⁶Samơ̆ kâo jing ding kơna ih, Zadôk khua ngă yang prŏng hloh, Benayah jing ană đah rơkơi Yehôyada laih anŭn adơi ñu, jing ding kơna ih Solomôn, ñu ƀu jak iâu ôh. ²⁷Ơ pơtao khua kâo ăh, djơ̆ mơ̆ anŭn yơh jing tơlơi ih hơmâo ngă laih hăng ƀu laĭ pơthâo ôh kơ ƀing gơmơi, jing ƀing ding kơna ih anai, thâo krăn kơ hlơi pô či jing pơtao tơdơi kơ ih?”

Dawid Brơi Kơ Ană Ñu Solomôn Jing Pơtao

²⁸Giŏng anŭn, pơtao Dawid laĭ tui anai, “Iâu rai HʼBatseba bĕ.” Tui anŭn, gơ̆ mŭt rai pơ anih anŭn laih anŭn dŏ dơ̆ng ƀơi anăp pơtao yơh. ²⁹Giŏng anŭn, pơtao ƀuăn rơ̆ng hăng gơ̆ tui anai, “Yuakơ Yahweh jing Pô hơmâo pơklaih hĭ laih kâo mơ̆ng rĭm tơlơi rŭng răng, jing Pô hơdip hlŏng lar, kâo ƀuăn amăng Ñu. ³⁰sĭt amăng hrơi anai yơh kâo či yap hơdôm tơlơi kâo hơmâo ƀuăn rơ̆ng laih hăng ih amăng Yahweh jing Ơi Adai ƀing Israel tui anai: Solomôn, ană đah rơkơi ih yơh, či jing pơtao tơdơi kơ kâo laih anŭn ñu yơh či dŏ ƀơi grê pơtao kâo kiăng kơ pơala brơi kơ kâo.”
³¹Giŏng anŭn, HʼBatseba bon kơkuh hăng ƀô̆ mơta ñu sŏ̱ lŏn, tŏ tơŭt ƀơi anăp pơtao laih anŭn laĭ tui anai, “Kwưh kiăng kơ khua kâo pơtao Dawid hơdip hlŏng lar!”
³²Pơtao Dawid laĭ hăng ƀing ding kơna ñu tui anai, “Iâu rai bĕ Zadôk khua ngă yang prŏng hloh, pô pơala Nathan laih anŭn Benayah jing ană đah rơkơi Yehôyada.” Tơdang ƀing gơñu rai ƀơi anăp pơtao, ³³ñu laĭ kơ ƀing gơñu tui anai, “Iâu bĕ ƀing ding kơna khua gih, jing ƀing răng pơgang kâo, nao hrŏm hăng ƀing gih laih anŭn brơi bĕ Solomôn, ană đah rơkơi kâo anai, đĭ ƀơi aseh glưn kâo pô, giŏng anŭn ba bĕ ñu nao pơ anih ia bluh Gihôn.⚓ ³⁴Pơ anih anŭn yơh, brơi bĕ Zadôk khua ngă yang prŏng hloh laih anŭn pô pơala Nathan trôč ia jâo kơ ñu jing pơtao kơ ƀing Israel. Ayŭp bĕ tơdiăp laih anŭn ur kraih tui anai, ‘Kwưh kiăng pơtao Solomôn hơdip sui!’ ³⁵Giŏng anŭn, ƀing gih či đuaĭ tui hăng ñu laih anŭn ñu či nao dŏ ƀơi grê pơtao kâo kiăng kơ git gai wai lăng pơala kơ kâo. Kâo hơmâo ruah mă laih ñu wai lăng abih bang ƀing Israel laih anŭn ƀing Yudah.”
³⁶Benayah, ană đah rơkơi Yehôyada laĭ glaĭ kơ pơtao tui anai, “Ƀing gơmơi či ngă tui anŭn yơh! Ơ pơtao khua kâo ăh, rơkâo kơ Yahweh Ơi Adai ih pơjing hĭ bĕ tui hăng anŭn. ³⁷Kar hăng Yahweh dŏ laih hăng ih pơtao khua kâo ăh, tui anŭn rơkâo kơ Ñu dŏ hăng Solomôn kiăng pơjing kơ tơlơi git gai wai lăng ñu đĭ kơyar hloh kơ tơlơi git gai wai lăng pơtao kâo Dawid mơ̆n!”
³⁸Tui anŭn, Zadôk khua ngă yang prŏng hloh, pô pơala Nathan, Benayah ană đah rơkơi Yehôyada, hrŏm hăng ƀing Keret laih anŭn ƀing Pelet, jing ƀing răng pơgang Dawid, trŭn nao, brơi kơ Solomôn đĭ ƀơi aseh glưn Dawid laih anŭn ba ñu nao pơ anih ia bluh Gihôn yơh. ³⁹Khua ngă yang Zadôk mă sa ƀĕ tơki ia jâo mơ̆ng sang khăn rơgoh hiam laih anŭn trôč ƀơi Solomôn. Giŏng anŭn, ƀing gơñu ayŭp đĭ khul tơdiăp laih anŭn abih bang mơnuih ur dreo tui anai, “Kwưh kiăng kơ pơtao Solomôn hơdip sui!” ⁴⁰Giŏng anŭn, abih bang ƀing ană plei đĭ glaĭ pơ plei Yerusalaim đuaĭ tui gah rŏng pơtao Solomôn, ayŭp khul đing klơt laih anŭn hơ̆k mơak bă blai tơl lŏn pơpư̆ hăng dơnai ur dreo yơh.

Hơdră Jơlan Adôniyah Ƀu Jing Ôh

⁴¹Adôniyah laih anŭn abih bang ƀing tuai hrŏm hăng ñu hơmư̆ kơ tơlơi anŭn tơdang ƀing gơñu jĕ pơgiŏng hĭ laih tơlơi ƀơ̆ng huă gơñu. Tơdang Yôab hơmư̆ dơnai tơdiăp anŭn, ñu tơña tui anai, “Hơget tơlơi kiăng laĭ kơ abih bang dơnai ngañ bañ⚓ amăng plei prŏng anŭn lĕ?” ⁴²Tơdang Yôab hlak pơhiăp, Yônathan ană đah rơkơi khua ngă yang Abiathar truh. Adôniyah laĭ tui anai, “Mŭt rai bĕ. Sĭt sa čô yom pơphan hrup hăng ih anai ba rai tơlơi pơthâo hiam yơh.”
⁴³Yônathan laĭ glaĭ tui anai, “Ƀu djơ̆ ôh! Pơtao ta Dawid hơmâo jao brơi laih kơ Solomôn jing pơtao. ⁴⁴Pơtao hơmâo pơkiaŏ laih hrŏm hăng ñu Zadôk khua ngă yang prŏng hloh, pô pơala Nathan, Benayah ană đah rơkơi Yehôyada, hrŏm hăng ƀing Keret hăng ƀing Pelet laih anŭn ƀing gơñu brơi Solomôn đĭ ƀơi aseh glưn pơtao. ⁴⁵Giŏng anŭn, Zadôk laih anŭn Nathan hơmâo trôč laih ia jâo ƀơi ñu jing pơtao ƀơi anih ia bluh Gihôn. Čơdơ̆ng mơ̆ng anih anŭn yơh, ƀing gơñu hơmâo đĭ nao laih hơ̆k mơak, tui anŭn amăng plei hơmâo tơlơi ngañ bañ anŭn. Anŭn yơh jing tơlơi ngañ ih hơmư̆ laih. ⁴⁶Hloh kơ anŭn dơ̆ng, Solomôn hơmâo dŏ be̱r git gai laih ƀơi grê pơtao ama ih. ⁴⁷Ƀing khua moa ăt nao laih mơ̆n kiăng kơ hơơč mơak kơ pơtao Dawid khua ta tui anai, ‘Rơkâo kơ Ơi Adai pơjing brơi anăn Solomôn jing hing ang hloh kơ anăn ih laih anŭn tơlơi git gai wai lăng ñu đĭ kơyar hloh kơ tơlơi git gai wai lăng ih mơ̆n!’ Giŏng anŭn, pơtao Dawid bon kơkuh pơpŭ kơ Yahweh ƀơi sưng pĭt ñu ⁴⁸hăng laĭ tui anai, ‘Bơni hơơč kơ Yahweh jing Ơi Adai ƀing Israel, jing Pô hơmâo brơi laih mơta kâo dưi ƀuh pô tŏ tui ƀơi grê pơtao kâo hrơi anai.’ ”
⁴⁹Ƀơi mông anŭn mơtam, abih bang ƀing tuai hrŏm hăng Adôniyah rŭng răng hăng čơlah đuaĭ hĭ yơh. ⁵⁰Samơ̆ yuakơ Adôniyah huĭ kơ Solomôn, tui anŭn ñu đuaĭ nao pơ sang khăn rơgoh hiam hăng djă̱ kơ̆ng ƀơi tơki kơnưl ngă yang kiăng kơ Solomôn ƀu pơdjai hĭ ñu ôh. ⁵¹Giŏng anŭn, Solomôn hơmư̆ arăng ruai pơthâo tui anai, “Adôniyah huĭ kơ pơtao Solomôn laih anŭn ñu hlak djă̱ kơ̆ng ƀơi tơki kơnưl ngă yang. Ñu rơkâo tui anai, ‘Brơi bĕ pơtao Solomôn ƀuăn rơ̆ng hăng kâo, ñu ƀu či tuh drah kâo jing ding kơna ñu anai ôh.’ ”
⁵²Solomôn laĭ glaĭ tui anai, “Tơdah ñu pơrơđah ñu pô jing sa čô tŏng ten hăng kâo, sĭt yơh ƀu hơmâo sa ară ƀŭk ƀơi akŏ ñu či lê̆ trŭn ƀơi lŏn ôh, samơ̆ tơdah ñu ngă hơget tơlơi sat ƀai, sĭt ñu či djai yơh.” ⁵³Giŏng anŭn, pơtao Solomôn pơkiaŏ nao ƀing mơnuih kiăng ba rai Adôniyah mơ̆ng kơnưl anŭn.
Adôniyah rai bon kơkuh hăng tŏ tơŭt ƀơi anăp pơtao Solomôn laih anŭn Solomôn laĭ kơ gơ̆ tui anai, “Glaĭ pơ sang ih bĕ.”

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Adonijah Presumes to Be King

¹Now King David was ⚓old, advanced in years; and they put covers on him, but he could not get warm. ²Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman, a virgin, be sought for our lord the king, and let her stand before the king, and let her care for him; and let her lie in your bosom, that our lord the king may be warm.” ³So they sought for a lovely young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found ⚓Abishag the ⚓Shunammite, and brought her to the king. ⁴The young woman was very lovely; and she cared for the king, and served him; but the king did not know her.
⁵Then ⚓Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king”; and ⚓he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. ⁶(And his father had not rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” He was also very good-looking. ⚓His mother had borne him after Absalom.) ⁷Then he conferred with ⚓Joab the son of Zeruiah and with ⚓Abiathar the priest, and ⚓they followed and helped Adonijah. ⁸But ⚓Zadok the priest, ⚓Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, ⚓Nathan the prophet, ⚓Shimei, Rei, and ⚓the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah.
⁹And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fattened cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by ⚓En Rogel; he also invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants. ¹⁰But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or ⚓Solomon his brother.
¹¹So Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of ⚓Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know it? ¹²Come, please, let me now give you advice, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon. ¹³Go immediately to King David and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord, O king, swear to your maidservant, saying, ⚓“Assuredly your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne“? Why then has Adonijah become king?’ ¹⁴Then, while you are still talking there with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words.”
¹⁵So Bathsheba went into the chamber to the king. (Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.) ¹⁶And Bathsheba bowed and did homage to the king. Then the king said, “What is your wish?”
¹⁷Then she said to him, “My lord, ⚓you swore by the Lord your God to your maidservant, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’ ¹⁸So now, look! Adonijah has become king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know about it. ¹⁹⚓He has sacrificed oxen and fattened cattle and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army; but Solomon your servant he has not invited. ²⁰And as for you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. ²¹Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king ⚓rests with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted as offenders.”
²²And just then, while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. ²³So they told the king, saying, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And when he came in before the king, he bowed down before the king with his face to the ground. ²⁴And Nathan said, “My lord, O king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’? ²⁵⚓For he has gone down today, and has sacrificed oxen and fattened cattle and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, and the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and look! They are eating and drinking before him; and they say, ⚓‘Long live King Adonijah!’ ²⁶But he has not invited me—me your servant—nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon. ²⁷Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not told your servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

David Proclaims Solomon King

²⁸Then King David answered and said, “Call Bathsheba to me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before the king. ²⁹And the king took an oath and said, ⚓“As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from every distress, ³⁰⚓just as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ so I certainly will do this day.”
³¹Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and paid homage to the king, and said, ⚓“Let my lord King David live forever!”
³²And King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king. ³³The king also said to them, ⚓“Take with you the servants of your lord, and have Solomon my son ride on my own ⚓mule, and take him down to ⚓Gihon. ³⁴There let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet ⚓anoint him king over Israel; and ⚓blow the horn, and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ ³⁵Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, and he shall be king in my place. For I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”
³⁶Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, ⚓“Amen! May the Lord God of my lord the king say so too. ³⁷⚓As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may He be with Solomon, and ⚓make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”
³⁸So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ⚓Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the ⚓Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon. ³⁹Then Zadok the priest took a horn of ⚓oil from the tabernacle and ⚓anointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, ⚓and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!” ⁴⁰And all the people went up after him; and the people played the flutes and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth seemed to split with their sound.
⁴¹Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the horn, he said, “Why is the city in such a noisy uproar?” ⁴²While he was still speaking, there came ⚓Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest. And Adonijah said to him, “Come in, for ⚓you are a prominent man, and bring good news.”
⁴³Then Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, “No! Our lord King David has made Solomon king. ⁴⁴The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have made him ride on the king’s mule. ⁴⁵So Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon; and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard. ⁴⁶Also Solomon ⚓sits on the throne of the kingdom. ⁴⁷And moreover the king’s servants have gone to bless our lord King David, saying, ⚓‘May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ ⚓Then the king bowed himself on the bed. ⁴⁸Also the king said thus, ‘Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has ⚓given one to sit on my throne this day, while my eyes see ⚓it!’ ”
⁴⁹So all the guests who were with Adonijah were afraid, and arose, and each one went his way.
⁵⁰Now Adonijah was afraid of Solomon; so he arose, and went and ⚓took hold of the horns of the altar. ⁵¹And it was told Solomon, saying, “Indeed Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon; for look, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’ ”
⁵²Then Solomon said, “If he proves himself a worthy man, ⚓not one hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.” ⁵³So King Solomon sent them to bring him down from the altar. And he came and fell down before King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”