18 And now, behold, Adonijah is king, although you, my lord the king, do not know it.

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24 And Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?

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17 “And now, brothers, I know that (A)you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

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27 Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

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Nathan and Bathsheba Before David

11 Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that (A)Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord does not know it?

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Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King

Now (A)Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” (B)And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

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10 But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!’”

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