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1 Kings 2:22

AbiatharAbishagAdonijahJoabSolomonZeruiah
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20 “I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”

21 So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”

King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

23 Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.

24 And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

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BSB
King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
KJV
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 son of Zeruiah.
WEB
King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”
ASV
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 son of Zeruiah.
DARBY
And king Solomon answered and said to 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 son of Zeruiah.
BLB
And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammitess for Adonijah? And also ask for him the kingdom—for he [is] older brother to me—even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah.”
ÅB
Men kong Salomo svarte sin mor: Hvorfor ber du om Abisag fra Sunem for Adonja? Be da like så godt om riket for ham - han er jo min eldre bror - ja både for ham og for presten Abjatar og for Joab, Serujas sønn!
OTB
Kong Salomo svarte og sa til sin mor, "Hvorfor ber du om Abisjag fra Sjunem for Adonja? Be også om kongedømmet for ham—siden han er min eldre bror— ja, for ham, for Abiatar presten, og for Joab, Serujas sønn!"
B1930
Men kong Salomo svarte sin mor: Hvorfor ber du om Abisag fra Sunem for Adonja? Bed da like så godt om riket for ham - han er jo min eldre bror - ja både for ham og for presten Abjatar og for Joab, Serujas sønn!

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  • 1 Chronicles 3:2

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

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  • James 4:3

    And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

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  • 1 Kings 1:24–25

    “My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?

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  • 2 Samuel 12:8

    I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.

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  • 1 Kings 1:5–7

    At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.

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  • 1 Kings 1:11

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

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  • 1 Chronicles 3:5

    and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.

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  • Mark 10:38

    “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”

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