21 So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
1 Kings 2:21
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1 Kings 2:16–18
16 So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him. 17 Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.” 18 “Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I…
1 Kings 2:12–14
12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established. 13 Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied. 14 Then he said, “I have something to…
1 Kings 1:10–12
10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon. 11 Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it? 12 Now please, co…
1 Kings 1:15–17
15 So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him. 16 And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?” 17 “My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidserv…
1 Kings 1:23–25
23 So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king. 24 “My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’? 25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed an…
1 Samuel 25:39–41
39 On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to…
1 Kings 1:2–4
2 So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.” 3 Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and… 4 …
1 Kings 1:27–29
27 Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?” 28 Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him. 29 And the king swore an oath, sa…
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