Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before<n id="1" /> the king. The king said, &#8220;What do you want?&#8221;

But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you,<n id="1" /> my master the king, are not even aware of it!<n id="2" />

If a decision is not made,<n id="1" /> when my master the king is buried with his ancestors,<n id="2" /> my son Solomon and I<n id="3" /> will be considered state criminals.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

The king swore an oath: &#8220;As certainly as the <sc>Lordsc> lives (he who has rescued me<n id="1" /> from every danger),

Jonathan replied<n id="1" /> to Adonijah: &#8220;No!<n id="2" /> Our master<n id="3" /> King David has made Solomon king.

Bathsheba replied, &#8220;That&#8217;s fine,<n id="1" /> I&#8217;ll speak to the king on your behalf.&#8221;p>

King Solomon then sent<n id="1" /> Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

<p class="bodytext">Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of<n id="1" /> the district governors.p> <p class="bodytext">Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to<n id="2" /> the king.p>

<p class="bodytext">King Solomon conscripted<n id="1" /> work crews<n id="2" /> from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

By royal order<n id="1" /> they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple&#8217;s foundation with chiseled stone.

The king had them cast in earth foundries<n id="1" /> in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt<n id="1" /> and from Que; the king&#8217;s traders purchased them from Que.

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> brought<n id="1" /> against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

The king then said to the prophet, &#8220;Come home with me and have something to eat. I&#8217;d like to give a present.&#8221;

Whenever the king visited the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.p>

The king of Israel replied, &#8220;It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you.&#8221;p>

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.

Visit<n id="1" /> King David and say to him, &#8216;My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise<n id="2" /> your servant, &#8220;Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne&#8221;? So why has Adonijah become king?&#8217;