Now, my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.

As 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!”

But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, my master the king, are not even aware of it!

If 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.”

The Lord was pleased that Solomon made this request.

The king of Israel replied, “It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you.”

Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?”

She 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.’

Nathan said, “My master, O king, did you announce, ‘Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne’?

Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”

Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded to the king: “So be it! May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it!

Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. Your servant will do as you say.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.

One of the women said, “My master, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was with me in the house.

As Obadiah was traveling along, Elijah met him. When he recognized him, he fell facedown to the ground and said, “Is it really you, my master, Elijah?”

Visit 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?’

Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants.

After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

He purchased the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver. He launched a construction project there and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

As certainly as the Lord your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say, ‘He’s not here,’ he makes them swear an oath that they could not find you.

So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” They said, “Attack! The sovereign one will hand it over to the king.”