# 1 Kings 1

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/1-kings/1

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. King David was old, advanced in years; they covered him with garments, but he got no warmth.
2. His servants said to him, "Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king, let her stand before the king and nurse him as she lies in your bosom, so my lord the king will be warm."
3. They sought a beautiful young woman throughout all Israel's territory, found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
4. The young woman was exceedingly beautiful, and she cared for the king and served him, but the king did not know her.
5. Adonijah son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." He prepared chariots and horsemen for himself, and fifty men to run before him.
6. His father had never displeased him by saying, "Why have you done so?" from his youth, and he too was exceedingly handsome, and his mother bore him after Absalom.
7. He took counsel with Joab son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest, and they rallied behind Adonijah.
8. Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah.
9. Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened beasts beside the Zoheleth stone, which lies near En-rogel, and he summoned all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants.
10. He did not call Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.
11. Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother, "Haven't you heard that Adonijah, son of Haggith, reigns, and our lord David knows nothing of it?"
12. So now, come, please let me give you counsel to save your life and the life of your son Solomon.
13. Go in to King David and say to him, “Didn’t you, my lord the king, swear to your maidservant, saying, ‘Surely Solomon your son will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’? Why then does Adonijah reign?”
14. Look, while you are still speaking there with the king, I will come in after you and fulfill your words.
15. Bathsheba entered the king's inner chamber. The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.
16. Bathsheba bowed her head and prostrated herself before the king, and the king said, "What do you want?"
17. She said to him, "My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your maidservant that Solomon your son will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne."
18. Now see, Adonijah has become king, and now, my lord the king, you do not know.
19. He sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and called all the king's sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army, but did not call Solomon your servant.
20. You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21. Then when my lord the king lies down with his fathers, I myself and my son Solomon will be sinners.
22. Look, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
23. They informed the king, "Here is Nathan the prophet!" He entered before the king and bowed to the king with his face to the ground.
24. Nathan said, "My lord the king, have you declared that Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne?"
25. For today he has gone down and sacrificed oxen, fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and summoned all the king's sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. There they are, eating and drinking before him and saying, "Long live King Adonijah!"
26. But he has not called even me, your servant, Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or Solomon your servant.
27. Has this affair come about from my lord the king, and you have not made it known to your servants who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
28. King David answered and said, "Call Bathsheba to me." She came before the king and stood before the king.
29. The king swore and said, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul from all adversity,”
30. As I swore to you by Yahweh, God of Israel, saying, "Surely Solomon your son will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place," so I will do today.
31. Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and prostrated herself before the king, saying, "May my lord King David live forever!"
32. King David said, "Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada to me." They came before the king.
33. The king said to them, "Take your lord's servants with you, mount my son Solomon on my mule, and bring him down to Gihon."
34. Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel. Sound the trumpet, and say, "Long live King Solomon!"
35. You shall go up after him, and he will come and sit on my throne; he will reign in my place. I have commanded him to become ruler over Israel and over Judah.
36. Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, "Amen. May Yahweh God of my lord the king say so."
37. As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, so may he be with Solomon and exalt his throne above my lord King David's.
38. Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and Pelethites went down, had Solomon ride King David's mule, and led him to Gihon.
39. Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!"
40. All the people went up after him, and the people played flutes, rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth split with their sound.
41. Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. Joab heard the sound of the trumpet and said, "Why a sound of uproar from the city?"
42. While he was still speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest appeared, and Adonijah said, "Come, for you are a man of valor bearing good news."
43. Jonathan answered Adonijah, "Indeed, our lord King David has made Solomon king."
44. The king sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites with him, and they mounted him on the king's mule.
45. Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed him king in Gihon, and they went up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang out. This is the sound that you have heard.
46. Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.
47. The king's servants also came to bless our lord King David, saying, "May God, your God, make Solomon's name better than your name and magnify his throne more than your throne." And the king bowed down upon the bed.
48. The king also said thus: "Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne today, my eyes seeing it."
49. All those invited with Adonijah trembled and stood up, and each went his own way.
50. Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he rose, went, and seized the horns of the altar.
51. Someone reported to Solomon, saying, "Look, Adonijah dreads King Solomon; see, he has seized the horns of the altar, saying, 'Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.'"
52. Solomon said, "If he proves a man of valor, no hair of his will fall to the ground; but if evil is found in him, he will die."
53. King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and bowed low to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house."

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