1 Kings 1:14   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

While you are still there talking to the king, I will come in and add my word to what you have said."

1 Kings 1:16   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

Bathsheba bowed down, prostrating herself before the king. "What is it you want?" the king asked.

1 Kings 1:17   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

She said to him, "My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant by the Lord your God: 'Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.'

1 Kings 1:18   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know about it.

1 Kings 1:19   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

He has sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the king's sons, Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.

1 Kings 1:20   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

My lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to learn from you who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

1 Kings 1:24   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

Nathan said, "Have you, my lord the king, declared that Adonijah shall be king after you, and that he will sit on your throne?

1 Kings 1:26   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

But me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he did not invite.

1 Kings 1:30   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

I will surely carry out this very day what I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place."

1 Kings 1:33   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

he said to them: "Take your lord's servants with you and have Solomon my son mount my own mule and take him down to Gihon.

1 Kings 1:35   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

Then you are to go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah."

1 Kings 1:42   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

Even as he was speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, "Come in. A worthy man like you must be bringing good news."

1 Kings 1:45   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon. From there they have gone up cheering, and the city resounds with it. That's the noise you hear.

1 Kings 1:47   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

Also, the royal officials have come to congratulate our lord King David, saying, 'May your God make Solomon's name more famous than yours and his throne greater than yours!' And the king bowed in worship on his bed

1 Kings 1:53   (Read all of 1 Kings 1)

Then King Solomon sent men, and they brought him down from the altar. And Adonijah came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon said, "Go to your home."

1 Kings 2:3   (Read all of 1 Kings 2)

and observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go

1 Kings 2:4   (Read all of 1 Kings 2)

and that the Lord may keep his promise to me: 'If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.'

1 Kings 2:5   (Read all of 1 Kings 2)

"Now you yourself know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me-what he did to the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

1 Kings 2:6   (Read all of 1 Kings 2)

Deal with him according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

1 Kings 2:7   (Read all of 1 Kings 2)

"But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table. They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

1 Kings 2:8   (Read all of 1 Kings 2)

"And remember, you have with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord: 'I will not put you to death by the sword.'

1 Kings 2:9   (Read all of 1 Kings 2)

But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood."

1 Kings 2:13   (Read all of 1 Kings 2)

Now Adonijah, the son of Haggith, went to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother. Bathsheba asked him, "Do you come peacefully?" He answered, "Yes, peacefully."

1 Kings 2:14   (Read all of 1 Kings 2)

Then he added, "I have something to say to you." "You may say it," she replied.