Solomon's Reign Begins

1 Kings 2:12

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Do not thou hold him guiltless. But thou art a wise man, and knowest what to do with him, and thou shalt bring down his grey hairs with blood to the grave.

So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

And the days that David reigned in Israel, were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, in Jerusalem thirty-three.

And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.

And Adonias, the son of Haggith, came to Bethsabee the mother of Solomon. And she said to him: Is thy coming peaceable? He answered: It is peaceable.

And he added: I have a word to speak with thee. She said to him: Speak. And he said:

Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had preferred me to be their king: but the kingdom is transferred, and is become my brother's: for it was appointed him by the Lord.

Solomon's Reign Begins

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