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when the angel stretched out his hand Itoward' Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing-floor of 1Arau17 nah the Jebusite. And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done 'perversely but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

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the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be 22 stayed from the people. And Áraunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, 'the' oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and 'the furniture' of 23) the oxen for the wood: all this, O king, 'doth Araunah give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. (24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the 25 oxen for fifty shekels of silver. And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

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FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS.

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with (2 clothes, but he gat no heat. Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and cherish him: and let her lie in thy bosom, that my 3 lord the king may get heat. So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought 4 her to the king. And the damsel was very fair; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the 5 king knew her not. Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and 6) fifty men to run before him. And his father had not displeased him at any

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time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absa7 lom. And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest and they following Adoni8 jah helped him. But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Ado9 nijah. And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and 'fatlings! by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah 10 the king's servants: but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he 11 called not. Then Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solo-.

3 Or, all this did Araunah the king give &c.

Or, all his lifeľ Or, Isacrificed

VERSION OF 1611.-16 upon.. threshingplace; 17 wickedly; 20 on.. upon; 22 here be.. sacrifice ..other instruments: 23 these things did.. as a; 24 surely.. (of that). . (doth).

I. KINGS.-I. 2 (let her); 3 a; 6 his mother bare him; 9 fat cattle.. by; 11 Wherefore.

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mon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it 12 not? Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and 13 the life of thy son Solomon. Go

and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Ado14 nijah reign? Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy 15 words. And Bath-sheba went in - unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the 16 king. And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? 17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. (18) And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth;

land thou, my lord the king, knowest 19 it not: and he hath slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not 20 called. And thou, my_lord 'the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my 21 lord the king after him. Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be (2 counted offenders. And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan 23 the prophet came in. And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the 21 ground. And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon 25 my throne? For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and 'fatlings' and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and

Another reading is, and now, my

lord the king, thou &c. 2 Or, Isacrificed

drink before him, and say, God save 26 king Adonijah. But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. (27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed unto thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 28 °Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood 29 before the king. And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all 30 ladversity', verily as I sware unto thee by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; 31 Iverily so will I do this day. Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king Da32 vid live for ever. And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came be33 fore the king. And the king said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and 34 bring him down to Gihon: and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 35 Then ye shall come up after him,

and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah. 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada

answered the king, and said, Amen : the LORD, the God of my lord the 37 king, say so too. As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my 38 lord king David. So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought 39 him to Gihon. And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent', and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people 40 said, God save king Solomon. And 3 Another reading is, servant. 6 Or, leader

3 Another reading is, now.
4 Heb. sinners.

VERSION OF 1611.—18 (now); 19 fat cattle; 200: 22 (also); 25 fat cattle; 27 (it). . servant ; 29 that.. distress; 30 even..even. . certainly; 31 reverence; 33 also; 35 that.. may. . ruler; 39 a.. tabernacle. = [21]

all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth 41 rent with the sound of them. And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the (42 city being in an uproar? °While he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came and Adonijah said, Come in; for thou art a worthy man, and bringest good 43 tidings. And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king: 44 and the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule: 45 and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have 46 heard. And also Solomon sitteth 47 on the throne of the kingdom. And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying,

Thy God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne: and the king bowed himself upon the 48 bed. And also thus said the king.

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even 49 seeing it. And all the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and 50 went every man his way. And Ado

nijah feared because of Solomon; and The arose, and went, and caught hold 51 on the horns of the altar. And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath 'laid' hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me this day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. (52 And Solomon said, If he 'shall' shew himself a worthy man, there shall not Jan hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness be found in him, he 53 shall die. So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and did obeisance to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.

1 Another reading omits Thy. 2 Or, first of all\

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Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged 2 Solomon his son, saying, I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong there3 fore, and shew thyself a man; and keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgements, and his testimonies, 'according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest 3prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 4 that the LORD may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) 5 a man on the throne of Israel. More

over thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, 'even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and 'shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that 6 were on his feet. Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in 1 peace. But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled 8 from Absalom thy brother. And, behold, 'there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, 'the' Benjamite, of Bahurim, 'who' cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee 9) to death with the sword. Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know! what thou oughtest to do unto him, 'and thou shalt bring his hoar head 10 down to the grave with blood. °1And David slept with his fathers, and was 11 buried in the city of David. And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

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'And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom

13 was established greatly. "Then'

Adonijah the son of Haggith came to
Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon.

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VERSION OF 1611.-42 (And). . (unto him). . valiant; 49 that were with; 51 caught.. to: 52 will . (shall); 53 bowed himself. II. 3 as it; 4 continue; 5 to..and; 7 because of; 8 thou hast ..a.. which; 9 knowest.. but; 10 So; 12 Then; 13 And. = [30]

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And she said, Comest thou peaceably? 14 And he said, Peaceably. °He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. 15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: 16 for it was his from the LORD. And now I ask one petition of thee, 1deny me not. And she said unto him, 17 Say on. And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to 18 wife. And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. 19 °Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. Then she said, I lask' one small petition of thee; Idenyl me not. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not deny thee. 21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shu

nammite be given to Adonijah thy 22 brother to wife. And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the 23 son of Zeruiah. Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his 24 own life. Now therefore as the LORD

liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me lan house, as he promised, surely! Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and 26 he fell upon him, that he died. And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art 2worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou wast' afflicted in all 21 wherein my father was afflicted. °So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from

1 Heb. turn not away my face.

being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house. 28 of Eli in Shiloh. And the tidings

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came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the Tent of the LORD, and caught (29 hold on the horns of the altar. And it was told king Solomon, Joab lis fled unto the 'Tent of the LORD, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. 30 And Benaiah came to the Tent' of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he 31) answered me. And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause', from me 32 and from my 'father's house. And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, land' my father David knew it1 not, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of 33) Judah. So' shall their blood return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but untol David, and unto his seed, and 'unto his house, and unto his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD. 34 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own 35 house in the wilderness. And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room 36 of Abiathar. And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an' house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth (37) thence any whither. For on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, know thou for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood 38 shall be upon thine own head. And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

2 Heb. a man of

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3 See 1 Sam. ii. 27-36.

VERSION OF 1611.-19 seat; 20 desire.. I pray thee, say.. nay.. say.. nay; 24 which.. a; 26 hast been; 28 Then.. tabernacle; 29 (that). . was.. tabernacle; 30 tabernacle; 31 innocent.. the. . of.. father; 32 who.. knowing thereof; 33 therefore. . upon. . upon. . upon.. upon; 34 So; 36 a; 37 (it shall be, that).. (shalt). == [38]

39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy serv40 ants be in Gath. And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants 41 from Gath. And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem (42) to Gath, and was come again. And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for certain, that on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The 'saying that I have heard is 43 good. Why then hast thou not kept

the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee 44 with? The king said moreover to

Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wicked45 ness upon thine own head. But

king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be estab46 lished before the LORD for ever. °So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

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And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall 2 of Jerusalem round about. Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days. 3 °And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

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1And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. 5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 6 °And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great

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kindness', according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his 7 throne, as it is this day. And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father and I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered (9) nor counted for multitude. Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great 10 people? And the speech pleased

the Lord, that Solomon had asked 11 this thing. And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgement; 12 behold, I have done according to thy

word: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there hath been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise 13 like unto thee. And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee, all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, 15 then I will lengthen thy days. And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood 17 before him. And the one woman said, Oh my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the (18 house. "And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save 19 we two in the house. And this

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VERSION OF 1611.-42 (a).. word; 45 and; 46 which.- - III. 2 unto; 4 up on; 6 mercy; 9 bad ..(so)..a; 12 was; 18 (that). =[13]

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