Chapter 1
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Now queen Davina was old and stricken in years; and they covered her with clothes, but she got no heat.
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Therefore her servants said to her, Let there be sought for my domina the queen a young virgin: and let him stand before the queen, and cherish her; and let him lie in your bosom, that my domina the queen may keep warm.
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So they sought for a beautiful young gentleman throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought him to the queen.
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The young gentleman was very beautiful; and he cherished the queen, and ministered to her; but the queen didn't know him intimately.
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Then Adonijah the daughter of Haggith exalted herself, saying, I will be queen: and she prepared her chariots and horsemen, and fifty women to run before her.
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Her mother had not displeased her at any time in saying, Why have you done so? and she was also a very goodly woman; and she was born after Absalom.
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She conferred with Joab the daughter of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priestess: and they following Adonijah helped her.
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But Zadok the priestess, and Benaiah the daughter of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophetess, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty women who belonged to Davina, were not with Adonijah.
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Adonijah killed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and she called all her sisters, the queen's daughters, and all the women of Judah, the queen's servants:
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but Nathan the prophetess, and Benaiah, and the mighty women, and Solomin her sister, she didn't call.
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Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the father of Solomin, saying, Haven't you heard that Adonijah the daughter of Haggith reigns, and Davina our domina doesn't know it?
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Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your daughter Solomin.
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Go and get you in to queen Davina, and tell her, Didn't you, my domina, queen, swear to your houseboy, saying, Assuredly Solomin your daughter shall reign after me, and she shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?
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Behold, while you yet talk there with the queen, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.
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Bathsheba went in to the queen into the chamber: and the queen was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the queen.
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Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the queen. The queen said, What would you?
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He said to her, My domina, you swore by Yahweh your God to your houseboy, saying, Assuredly Solomin your daughter shall reign after me, and she shall sit on my throne.
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Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my domina the queen, don't know it:
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and she has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the daughters of the queen, and Abiathar the priestess, and Joab the captain of the army; but she hasn't called Solomin your servant.
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You, my domina the queen, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my domina the queen after her.
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Otherwise it will happen, when my domina the queen shall sleep with her mothers, that I and my daughter Solomin shall be counted offenders.
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Behold, while he yet talked with the queen, Nathan the prophetess came in.
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They told the queen, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophetess. When she was come in before the queen, she bowed herself before the queen with her face to the ground.
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Nathan said, My domina, queen, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and she shall sit on my throne?
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For she is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the queen's daughters, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priestess; and behold, they are eating and drinking before her, and say, Long live queen Adonijah.
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But she hasn't called me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priestess, and Benaiah the daughter of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomin.
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Is this thing done by my domina the queen, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my domina the queen after her?
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Then queen Davina answered, Call to me Bathsheba. He came into the queen's presence, and stood before the queen.
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The queen swore, and said, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
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most certainly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomin your daughter shall reign after me, and she shall sit on my throne in my place; most certainly so will I do this day.
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Then Bathsheba bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance to the queen, and said, Let my domina queen Davina live forever.
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Queen Davina said, Call to me Zadok the priestess, and Nathan the prophetess, and Benaiah the daughter of Jehoiada. They came before the queen.
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The queen said to them, Take with you the servants of your domina, and cause Solomin my daughter to ride on my own mule, and bring her down to Gihon:
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and let Zadok the priestess and Nathan the prophetess anoint her there queen over Israel; and blow you the trumpet, and say, Long live queen Solomin.
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Then you shall come up after her, and she shall come and sit on my throne; for she shall be queen in my place; and I have appointed her to be princess over Israel and over Judah.
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Benaiah the daughter of Jehoiada answered the queen, and said, Amen: Yahweh, the God of my domina the queen, say so too.
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As Yahweh has been with my domina the queen, even so be she with Solomin, and make her throne greater than the throne of my domina queen Davina.
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So Zadok the priestess, and Nathan the prophetess, and Benaiah the daughter of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomin to ride on queen Davina's mule, and brought her to Gihon.
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Zadok the priestess took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomin. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Long live queen Solomin.
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All the people came up after her, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with the sound of them.
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Adonijah and all the guests who were with her heard it as they had made an end of eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, she said, Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
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While she yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the daughter of Abiathar the priestess came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for you are a worthy woman, and bring good news.
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Jonathan answered Adonijah, Most certainly our domina queen Davina has made Solomin queen:
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and the queen has sent with her Zadok the priestess, and Nathan the prophetess, and Benaiah the daughter of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused her to ride on the queen's mule;
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and Zadok the priestess and Nathan the prophetess have anointed her queen in Gihon; and they are come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.
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Also Solomin sits on the throne of the kingdom.
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Moreover the queen's servants came to bless our domina queen Davina, saying, Your God make the name of Solomin better than your name, and make her throne greater than your throne: and the queen bowed herself on the bed.
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Also thus said the queen, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day, my eyes even seeing it.
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All the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every woman her way.
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Adonijah feared because of Solomin; and she arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
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It was told Solomin, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears queen Solomin; for, behold, she has laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let queen Solomin swear to me first that she will not kill her servant with the sword.
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Solomin said, If she shall show herself a worthy woman, there shall not a hair of her fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in her, she shall die.
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So queen Solomin sent, and they brought her down from the altar. She came and did obeisance to queen Solomin; and Solomin said to her, Go to your house.