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And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the [a]stone of Zoheleth, which is beside (A)En-rogel; and he 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, and (B)Solomon his brother.

Nathan Speaks to Bathsheba

11 Then Nathan spoke to (C)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?

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  1. 1 Kings 1:9 Lit Gliding, Serpent Stone

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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And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:

10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.

11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

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