25 (A)For he has gone down today and has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons and the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest, and behold, they are eating and drinking before him; and they say, ‘(B)Long live King Adonijah!’ 26 (C)But me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and your servant Solomon, he has not invited. 27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown to your [a]servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:27 Some mss read servant