1 Kings 1:11
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11 So Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of (A)Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know it?
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2 Samuel 3:4
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4 the fourth, (A)Adonijah the son of Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
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1 Chronicles 29:1
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Offerings for Building the Temple
29 Furthermore King David said to all the assembly: “My son Solomon, whom alone God has (A)chosen, is (B)young and inexperienced; and the work is great, because the [a]temple is not for man but for the Lord God.
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- 1 Chronicles 29:1 Lit. palace
1 Chronicles 28:4-5
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4 However the Lord God of Israel (A)chose me above all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for He has chosen (B)Judah to be the ruler. And of the house of Judah, (C)the house of my father, and (D)among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel. 5 (E)And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) (F)He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
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1 Chronicles 22:9-10
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9 (A)Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him (B)rest from all his enemies all around. His name shall be [a]Solomon, for I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. 10 (C)He shall build a house for My name, and (D)he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
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- 1 Chronicles 22:9 Lit. Peaceful
2 Samuel 12:24-25
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Solomon Is Born
24 Then David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her. So (A)she bore a son, and (B)he[a] called his name Solomon. Now the Lord loved him, 25 and He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet: So [b]he called his name [c]Jedidiah, because of the Lord.
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- 2 Samuel 12:24 So with Kt., LXX, Vg.; Qr., a few Heb. mss., Syr., Tg. she
- 2 Samuel 12:25 Qr., some Heb. mss., Syr., Tg. she
- 2 Samuel 12:25 Lit. Beloved of the Lord
2 Samuel 7:12-17
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12 (A)“When your days are fulfilled and you (B)rest with your fathers, (C)I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 (D)He shall build a house for My name, and I will (E)establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 (F)I will be his Father, and he shall be (G)My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the [a]blows of the sons of men. 15 But My mercy shall not depart from him, (H)as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 And (I)your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before [b]you. Your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”
17 According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
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- 2 Samuel 7:14 strokes
- 2 Samuel 7:16 LXX Me
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