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But his father had never [a]grieved him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man in form, and [b](A)he was born after Absalom.

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  1. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit pained him
  2. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit she gave him birth

15 So he said, “You know that (A)the kingdom was mine and (B)that all Israel [a]expected me to be king; (C)however, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, (D)for it was his from Yahweh.

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  1. 1 Kings 2:15 Lit set their faces on me

the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

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(A)These were born to him in Jerusalem:
Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and (B)Solomon, four, by (C)Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;

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