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1 Kings 1:1-3
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Adonijah tries to become king[a]

1 King David was now a very old man. He could not stay warm, even when people put blankets over him. 2 So his servants said to him, ‘We will look for a young woman who has never had sex, for you, our master the king. She can take care of you and she can be your nurse. She can also sleep beside you, so that our master the king will be warm.’

3 So they looked through all the land of Israel for a beautiful young woman. They chose Abishag, who lived in Shunem.[b] They brought her to the king.

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  1. 1:1 David had many children. See 2 Samuel 3:2-5. Some of them had already died. Adonijah was David's oldest son who was still alive. So Adonijah thought that he should be the next king. But God had promised that Solomon should be the next king.
  2. 1:3 Shunem was a town near the Sea of Galilee.
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