1 Toe koning Dawid oud en ver op sy dae was, het hulle hom met komberse toegemaak, maar hy kon nie warm word nie.
2 En sy dienaars sê aan hom: Laat hulle vir my heer die koning 'n jongmeisie soek, dat sy voor die koning kan staan en vir hom 'n verpleegster wees en in u skoot lê; dan sal my heer die koning warm word.
3 Hulle het toe in die hele grondgebied van Israel 'n mooi meisie gesoek en Ab¡sag, die Sunamitiese, gevind en haar by die koning gebring.
4 En die meisie was besonder mooi, en sy was vir die koning 'n verpleegster en het hom bedien; maar die koning het geen gemeenskap met haar gehad nie.
5 Intussen was Adonia, die seun van Haggit, so vermetel om te dink: Ek sal koning word! En hy het vir hom waens en perderuiters aangeskaf en vyftig man wat voor hom uit loop.
6 En sy vader het hom sy lewe lank nie gekrenk deur te sê nie: Waarom maak jy so? Bowendien was hy ook baie mooi van gestalte, en sy moeder het hom n Absalom gebaar.
7 En hy het met Joab, die seun van Seruja, onderhandel en met Abjatar, die priester, sodat hulle gehelp het as volgelinge van Adonia.
8 Maar Sadok, die priester, en Ben ja, die seun van Jojada, en Natan, die profeet, en S¡me‹en Re‹en die helde van Dawid het nie met Adonia saamgegaan nie.
9 En Adonia het kleinvee en beeste en vetgemaakte vee geslag by die klip Soh,let wat langs die fontein Rogel staan, en al sy broers, die seuns van die koning, en al die manne van Juda, die dienaars van die koning, genooi;
10 maar Natan, die profeet, en Ben ja en die helde en sy broer Salomo het hy nie genooi nie.
11 Toe sê Natan vir B tseba, die moeder van Salomo: Het u nie gehoor dat Adonia, die seun van Haggit, koning geword het sonder dat ons heer Dawid dit weet nie?
12 Kom dan nou, laat ek u tog 'n raad gee, dat u u lewe en die lewe van u seun Salomo kan red.
13 Gaan en tree binne by koning Dawid en sê vir hom: Het u nie, my heer die koning, vir u dienares gesweer en gesê nie: U seun Salomo sal sekerlik koning word n my, en hy sal op my troon sit? Waarom het Adonia dan koning geword?
14 Kyk, terwyl u daar nog met die koning spreek, sal ,k agter u inkom en u woorde aanvul.
15 Daarop het B tseba ingegaan na die koning in die kamer, terwyl die koning baie oud was en Ab¡sag, die Sunamitiese, die koning bedien.
16 En B tseba het gebuig en neergeval voor die koning. Toe sê die koning: Wat wil u hê?
17 En sy antwoord hom: My heer, u het by die HERE u God vir u dienares gesweer: U seun Salomo sal sekerlik n my koning word, en hy sal op my troon sit.
18 Maar kyk, nou het Adonia koning geword sonder dat u, my heer die koning, dit weet.
19 Want hy het beeste en vetgemaakte vee en kleinvee in menigte geslag en al die seuns van die koning en Abjatar, die priester, en Joab, die leërowerste, genooi; maar u dienaar Salomo het hy nie genooi nie.
20 Maar op u, my heer die koning, is die oë van die hele Israel om hulle te kenne te gee wie op die troon van my heer die koning n hom sal sit.
21 Anders sal dit gebeur, sodra my heer die koning met sy vaders ontslaap het, dat ek en my seun Salomo vir misdadigers gehou sal word.
22 En kyk, terwyl sy nog met die koning spreek, kom die profeet Natan in.
23 En hulle het dit die koning te kenne gegee en gesê: Daar is Natan, die profeet. Toe kom hy voor die koning en buig hom voor die koning met sy aangesig na die aarde toe.
24 En Natan sê: My heer die koning, het u gesê: Adonia sal n my koning word, en hy sal op my troon sit?
25 Want hy het vandag gegaan en beeste en vetgemaakte vee en kleinvee in menigte geslag en al die seuns van die koning en die leërowerstes en Abjatar, die priester, genooi, en kyk, hulle eet en drink voor hom en sê: Mag koning Adonia lewe!
26 Maar my, u dienaar, en Sadok, die priester, en Ben ja, die seun van Jojada, en Salomo, u dienaar, het hy nie genooi nie.
27 As hierdie saak van my heer die koning uitgegaan het, dan het u aan u dienaars nie bekend gemaak wie op die troon van my heer die koning n hom sal sit nie.
28 Daarop antwoord koning Dawid en sê: Roep B tseba vir my! En sy het ingekom voor die koning en voor die koning gaan staan.
29 Toe sweer die koning en sê: So waar as die HERE leef wat my uit alle benoudheid verlos het,
30 sekerlik, soos ek u by die HERE, die God van Israel, gesweer en gesê het dat u seun Salomo n my koning moet word en hy op my troon moet sit in my plek, sekerlik so doen ek vandag nog.
31 En B tseba het met die aangesig na die aarde gebuig en voor die koning neergeval en gesê: Mag my heer die koning Dawid vir ewig lewe!
32 Verder het koning Dawid gesê: Roep vir my Sadok, die priester, en Natan, die profeet, en Ben ja, die seun van Jojada. Toe kom hulle in voor die koning,
33 en die koning sê vir hulle: Neem die dienaars van julle heer met julle saam en laat my seun Salomo op my eie muil ry, en bring hom af na Gihon toe;
34 en laat Sadok, die priester, en Natan, die profeet, hom daar as koning oor Israel salf, en julle moet op die ramshoring blaas en sê: Mag koning Salomo lewe!
35 Dan moet julle agter hom optrek, dat hy kan inkom en op my troon sit; want hy moet koning wees in my plek, en ek het hom aangestel om 'n vors oor Israel en Juda te wees.
36 Toe antwoord Ben ja, die seun van Jojada, die koning en sê: Amen! Mag die HERE, die God van my heer die koning, ook so sê.
37 Soos die HERE met my heer die koning was, mag Hy so met Salomo wees; en mag Hy sy troon groter maak as die troon van my heer die koning Dawid.
38 Toe het Sadok, die priester, afgegaan saam met Natan, die profeet, en Ben ja, die seun van Jojada, en die Kreti en die Pleti, en hulle het Salomo laat ry op die muil van koning Dawid en hom na Gihon gebring.
39 En die priester Sadok het die horing met olie uit die tent geneem en Salomo gesalf, en hulle het op die ramshoring geblaas, en die hele volk het gesê: Mag koning Salomo lewe!
40 Toe gaan die hele volk op agter hom aan, terwyl die volk op fluite speel en hulle verheug met groot blydskap, sodat die aarde geskeur het van hulle geluid.
41 En Adonia het dit gehoor en al die genooides wat by hom was, toe hulle net klaar geëet het; Joab het ook die geluid van die ramshoring gehoor en gesê: Waarom is die geluid van die stad rumoerig?
42 Terwyl hy nog spreek, kom Jonatan, die seun van die priester Abjatar, daar aan; en Adonia sê: Kom in, want jy is 'n wakker man en bring 'n goeie boodskap.
43 Maar Jonatan antwoord Adonia en sê: Ja, maar ons heer die koning Dawid het Salomo koning gemaak!
44 En die koning het Sadok, die priester, en Natan, die profeet, en Ben ja, die seun van Jojada, en die Kreti en die Pleti met hom saam gestuur, en hulle het hom op die koning se muil laat ry;
45 en Sadok, die priester, en Natan, die profeet, het hom in Gihon as koning gesalf, en daarvandaan het hulle met blydskap opgetrek, sodat die stad opgewonde geraak het; dit is die geluid wat julle gehoor het.
46 En ook het Salomo op die koninklike troon gaan sit.
47 Bowendien het die dienaars van die koning gekom om ons heer die koning Dawid geluk te wens met die woorde: Mag u God die naam van Salomo beter maak as u naam en sy troon groter maak as u troon. Toe het die koning op die bed aanbid;
48 en die koning het ook so gesê: Geseënd is die HERE, die God van Israel, wat vandag gegee het dat een op my troon sit terwyl my oë dit sien.
49 Daarop het al die genooides wat by Adonia was, verskrik opgestaan en elkeen sy pad gegaan.
50 Maar Adonia was bevrees vir Salomo en het opgestaan en heengegaan en die horings van die altaar vasgehou.
51 Toe is daar aan Salomo meegedeel en gesê: Kyk, Adonia is bevrees vir koning Salomo; en kyk, hy hou die horings van die altaar vas en sê: Laat koning Salomo eers vir my sweer dat hy sy dienaar nie met die swaard sal ombring nie.
52 Daarop sê Salomo: As hy 'n betroubare man sal wees, sal geen haar van hom op die aarde val nie; maar as daar kwaad in hom gevind word, moet hy sterwe.
53 En koning Salomo het gestuur, en hulle het hom van die altaar afgebring, en hy het ingekom en hom voor koning Salomo neergebuig. En Salomo het vir hom gesê: Gaan na jou huis.
1 Now King David was old and far on in years; and though they put covers over him, his body was cold.
2 So his servants said to him, Let search be made for a young virgin for my lord the king, to take care of him and be waiting on him; and you may take her in your arms, and so my lord the king will be warm.
3 So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.
4 Now she was very beautiful; and she took care of the king, waiting on him at all times; but the king had no connection with her.
5 Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.
6 Now all his life his father had never gone against him or said to him, Why have you done so? and he was a very good-looking man, and younger than Absalom.
7 And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.
8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei, and David's men of war did not take the side of Adonijah.
9 Then Adonijah put to death sheep and oxen and fat beasts by the stone of Zoheleth, by En-rogel; and he sent for all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants, to come to him:
10 But he did not send for Nathan the prophet and Benaiah and the other men of war and Solomon his brother.
11 Then Nathan said to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, Has it not come to your ears that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king without the knowledge of David our lord?
12 So now, let me make a suggestion, so that you may keep your life safe and the life of your son Solomon.
13 Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?
14 And while you are still talking there with the king, see, I will come in after you and say that your story is true.
15 Then Bath-sheba went into the king's room; now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was waiting on him.
16 And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?
17 And she said to him, My lord, you took an oath by the Lord your God and gave your word to your servant, saying, Truly, Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom.
18 And now, see, Adonijah has made himself king without my lord's knowledge;
19 And has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the captain of the army; but he has not sent for Solomon your servant.
20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.
21 For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.
22 And while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
23 And they said to the king, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he went down on his face on the earth.
24 And Nathan said, O my lord king, have you said, Adonijah is to be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom?
25 Because today he has gone down and has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the king's sons to come to him, with the captains of the army and Abiathar the priest; and they are feasting before him and crying, Long life to King Adonijah!
26 But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not sent for.
27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?
28 Then King David in answer said, Send for Bath-sheba to come to me. And she came in and took her place before the king.
29 And the king took an oath, and said, By the living Lord, who has been my saviour from all my troubles,
30 As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.
31 Then Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour, and said, May my lord King David go on living for ever.
32 And King David said, Send for Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
33 And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and put Solomon my son on my beast, yes, mine, and take him down to Gihon;
34 And there let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him to make him king over Israel; and sounding the horn say, Long life to King Solomon!
35 Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
36 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answering the king, said, So be it: and may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so.
37 As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon and make the seat of his authority greater than that of my lord King David.
38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down and put Solomon on King David's beast and took him to Gihon.
39 And Zadok the priest took the vessel of oil out of the Tent, and put the holy oil on Solomon. And when the horn was sounded, all the people said, Long life to King Solomon!
40 And all the people came up after him, piping with pipes, and they were glad with great joy, so that the earth was shaking with the sound.
41 And it came to the ears of Adonijah and all the guests who were with him, when their meal was ended. And Joab, hearing the sound of the horn, said, What is the reason of this noise as if the town was worked up?
42 And while the words were on his lips, Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest, came; and Adonijah said, Come in; for you are a man of good faith and the news which you have for us will be good.
43 And Jonathan, answering, said to Adonijah, Not so, but our lord King David has made Solomon king:
44 And he sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they put him on the king's beast:
45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him and made him king in Gihon; and they came back from there with joy, and the town was all worked up. This is the noise which has come to your ears.
46 And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.
47 And the king's servants came to our lord King David, blessing him and saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and the seat of his authority greater than your seat; and the king was bent low in worship on his bed.
48 Then the king said, May the God of Israel be praised, who has given one of my seed to be king in my place this day and has let my eyes see it.
49 And all the guests of Adonijah got up in fear and went away, every man to his place.
50 And Adonijah himself was full of fear because of Solomon; and he got up and went to the altar, and put his hands on its horns.
51 And they gave Solomon word of it, saying, See, Adonijah goes in such fear of King Solomon, that he has put his hands on the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon first give me his oath that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.
52 And Solomon said, If he is seen to be a man of good faith, not a hair of him will be touched; but if any wrongdoing is seen in him, he is to be put to death.
53 So King Solomon sent, and they took him down from the altar. And he came and gave honour to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.