1 Kings 1:9-11
Good News Translation
9 One day Adonijah offered a sacrifice of sheep, bulls, and fattened calves at Snake Rock, near the spring of Enrogel. He invited the other sons of King David and the king's officials who were from Judah to come to this sacrificial feast, 10 but he did not invite his half brother Solomon or Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the king's bodyguards.
Solomon Is Made King
11 (A)Then Nathan went to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother, and asked her, “Haven't you heard that Haggith's son Adonijah has made himself king? And King David doesn't know anything about it!
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1 Kings 1:9-11
English Standard Version
9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened cattle by the Serpent's Stone, which is beside (A)En-rogel, and he invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the royal officials of Judah, 10 but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the mighty men or (B)Solomon his brother.
Nathan and Bathsheba Before David
11 Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that (C)Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord does not know it?
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1 Kings 1:9-11
New King James Version
9 And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fattened cattle by the stone of [a]Zoheleth, which is by (A)En Rogel;[b] he also invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants. 10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or (B)Solomon his brother.
11 So Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of (C)Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know it?
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- 1 Kings 1:9 Lit. Serpent
- 1 Kings 1:9 A spring south of Jerusalem in the Kidron Valley
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