Those who carried the ark of the <sc>Lordsc> took six steps and then David<n id="1" /> sacrificed an ox and a fatling calf.

<p class="poetry">Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings,<n id="1" /> I will not be satisfied;p> <p class="poetry">I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves.<n id="2" />p>

He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king&#8217;s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I am stuffed with<n id="2" /> burnt sacrificesp> <p class="poetry">of rams and the fat from steers.p> <p class="poetry">The blood of bulls, lambs, and goatsp> <p class="poetry">I do not want.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A wolf will reside<n id="1" /> with a lamb,p> <p class="poetry">and a leopard will lie down with a young goat;p> <p class="poetry">an ox and a young lion will graze together,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as a small child leads them along.p>

You will eat the flesh of warriors<n id="1" /> and drink the blood of the princes of the earth &#8211; the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan.

Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king&#8217;s sons,<n id="1" /> as well as all the men of Judah, the king&#8217;s servants.

For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king&#8217;s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment<n id="1" /> they are having a feast<n id="2" /> in his presence, and they have declared, &#8216;Long live King Adonijah!&#8217;<n id="3" />