3. Krallar 1

¹Kral Davut günleri ilerlemiş olarak iyice yaşlanmıştı; üzerine giysiler örtüyorlardı ama bir türlü ısınamıyordu.

²Bu yüzden hizmetkarları ona, "Efendimiz kral için bakire genç bir kız arayalım; kralın huzurunda dursun, onu ısıtıp beslesin ve onunla uyusun ki efendimiz kral ısınabilsin" dediler.

³Böylece bütün İsrail topraklarında güzel bir genç kız aradılar; Şunamlı Abişag'ı bulup krala getirdiler.

⁴Genç kız olağanüstü güzeldi; kralı ısıtıyor ve ona hizmet ediyordu, ama kral onu cinsel anlamda bilmedi.

⁵Bu arada Haggit oğlu Adoniyas, "Ben kral olacağım" diyerek kendini yüceltmeye başladı; kendisi için arabalar, atlılar ve önünde koşacak elli adam hazırladı.

⁶Babası hayatı boyunca, "Neden böyle yaptın?" diyerek onu hiç azarlamamıştı. Adoniyas da görünüşte çok yakışıklıydı ve Abşalom'dan sonra doğmuştu.

⁷Adoniyas, Seruya oğlu Yoav ve Kâhin Aviyatar ile sözleşti; onlar da Adoniyas'ın arkasından gidip ona destek verdiler.

⁸Ancak Kâhin Sadok, Yehoyada oğlu Benaya, Peygamber Natan, Şimei, Rei ve Davut'un yiğitleri Adoniyas'ın yanında yer almadılar.

⁹Adoniyas, Rogel Kuyusu yakınındaki Zohelet Taşı'nın yanında koyunlar, sığırlar ve besili kuzular kurban etti; kralın oğulları olan bütün kardeşlerini ve kralın hizmetindeki bütün Yahuda ileri gelenlerini davet etti.

¹⁰Ama Peygamber Natan'ı, Benaya'yı, yiğitleri ve kardeşi Süleyman'ı davet etmedi.

¹¹Bunun üzerine Natan, Süleyman'ın annesi Bat-Şeba'ya şöyle dedi: "Haggit oğlu Adoniyas'ın kral olduğunu duymadın mı? Efendimiz Davut'un bundan haberi yok."

¹²"Şimdi gel, sana bir öğüt vereyim de hem kendi canını hem de oğlun Süleyman'ın canını kurtar."

¹³"Hemen Kral Davut'un huzuruna çık ve ona şöyle de: 'Efendim kral, sen kuluna, "Benden sonra oğlun Süleyman kral olacak, tahtıma o oturtulacak" diye ant içmedin mi? Öyleyse neden Adoniyas krallık sürüyor?'"

¹⁴"Sen orada daha kralla konuşurken, ben de arkandan içeri girip senin sözlerini tamamlayacağım."

¹⁵Böylece Bat-Şeba, kralın özel odasına girdi. Kral çok yaşlanmıştı ve Şunamlı Abişag krala hizmet ediyordu.

¹⁶Bat-Şeba eğilip kralın önünde yere kapandı. Kral, "Senin için ne var?" diye sordu.

¹⁷Bat-Şeba şöyle yanıtladı: "Efendim kral, sen kuluna Tanrın RAB adına ant içerek, 'Benden sonra oğlun Süleyman kral olacak ve tahtıma o oturacak' demiştin."

¹⁸"Ama bak, şimdi Adoniyas krallık sürüyor ve senin, efendim kralın bundan haberi yok."

¹⁹"Çok sayıda sığır, kuzu ve koyun kurban etti; kralın bütün oğullarını, Kâhin Aviyatar'ı ve ordu komutanı Yoav'ı davet etti, ama kulun Süleyman'ı davet etmedi."

²⁰"Şimdi, efendim kral, bütün İsrail'in gözü sende; efendim kraldan sonra tahtına kimin oturacağını onlara bildirmeni bekliyorlar."

²¹"Yoksa efendim kral atalarıyla uyuduğunda, ben ve oğlum Süleyman suçlu sayılacağız."

²²Bat-Şeba daha kralla konuşurken Peygamber Natan geldi.

²³Krala, "Peygamber Natan burada" diye haber verildi. Natan kralın huzuruna çıkınca, yüzüstü yere kapanarak kralı selamladı.

²⁴Natan şöyle dedi: "Efendim kral, 'Benden sonra Adoniyas kral olacak ve tahtıma o oturacak' diyen sen misin?"

²⁵"Çünkü o bugün aşağı gidip çok sayıda sığır, kuzu ve koyun kurban etti; kralın bütün oğullarını, ordu komutanlarını ve Kâhin Aviyatar'ı davet etti. Şu anda onun huzurunda yiyip içiyor ve 'Yaşasın Kral Adoniyas!' diyorlar."

²⁶"But me, even me thy servant, and Sadok the priest, and Banaias the son of Iodae, and thy servant Solomon, he did not invite."

²⁷"Efendim kralın buyruğuyla mı oldu bu iş? Yoksa efendim kraldan sonra tahtına kimin oturacağını kuluna bildirmedin mi?"

²⁸Kral Davut, "Bana Bat-Şeba'yı çağırın" diye karşılık verdi. Bat-Şeba içeri girip kralın huzurunda durdu.

²⁹Kral ant içerek şöyle dedi: "Canımı her türlü sıkıntıdan kurtaran RAB'bin varlığı hakkı için,"

³⁰"İsrail'in Tanrısı RAB adına sana, 'Oğlun Süleyman benden sonra kral olacak, yerime tahtıma o oturacak' diye nasıl ant içtiysem, bugün bunu kesinlikle yerine getireceğim."

³¹Bat-Şeba yüzüstü yere kapanıp kralı selamladı ve "Efendim Kral Davut sonsuza dek yaşasın!" dedi.

³²Kral Davut, "Bana Kâhin Sadok'u, Peygamber Natan'ı ve Yehoyada oğlu Benaya'yı çağırın" dedi. Onlar kralın huzuruna çıkınca,

³³kral onlara şöyle buyurdu: "Efendinizin hizmetkarlarını yanınıza alın, oğlum Süleyman'ı kendi katırıma bindirin ve onu Gihon'a götürün."

³⁴"Orada Kâhin Sadok ve Peygamber Natan onu İsrail kralı olarak meshetsinler. Sonra boru çalıp, 'Yaşasın Kral Süleyman!' diye bağırın."

³⁵"Ardından onun arkasından buraya çıkın; gelip tahtıma otursun ve yerime kral olsun. Onu İsrail ve Yahuda üzerine önder atadım."

³⁶Yehoyada oğlu Benaya krala şöyle karşılık verdi: "Amin! Efendim kralın Tanrısı RAB de bunu onaylasın."

³⁷"RAB efendim kralla nasıl birlikte olduysa, Süleyman'la da öyle birlikte olsun ve onun tahtını efendim Kral Davut'un tahtından daha yüce kılsın."

³⁸Böylece Kâhin Sadok, Peygamber Natan, Yehoyada oğlu Benaya, Keretliler ve Peletliler aşağı indiler; Süleyman'ı Kral Davut'un katırına bindirip Gihon'a götürdüler.

³⁹Kâhin Sadok, çadırdan yağ boynuzunu alıp Süleyman'ı meshetti. Sonra boru çalındı ve bütün halk, "Yaşasın Kral Süleyman!" diye bağırdı.

⁴⁰Bütün halk korolar halinde dans ederek ve büyük bir sevinçle coşarak onun arkasından yukarı çıktı; yer onların sesinden sarsıldı.

⁴¹Adoniyas ile yanındaki bütün davetliler yemeklerini bitirirken bu sesleri duydular. Yoav boru sesini işitince, "Şehirdeki bu gürültü patırtı ne anlama geliyor?" dedi.

⁴²O daha konuşurken, Kâhin Aviyatar'ın oğlu Yonatan çıkageldi. Adoniyas, "İçeri gir, sen yiğit bir adamsın, iyi haberler getiriyorsun" dedi.

⁴³Yonatan şöyle yanıt verdi: "Kesinlikle hayır! Efendimiz Kral Davut, Süleyman'ı kral yaptı."

⁴⁴"Kral onunla birlikte Kâhin Sadok'u, Peygamber Natan'ı, Yehoyada oğlu Benaya'yı, Keretliler'i ve Peletliler'i gönderdi; onu kralın katırına bindirdiler."

⁴⁵"Kâhin Sadok ile Peygamber Natan onu Gihon'da meshettiler. Oradan sevinç içinde döndüler ve şehir yankılandı; duyduğunuz ses buydu."

⁴⁶"Üstelik Süleyman krallık tahtına oturdu bile."

⁴⁷"Dahası, kralın hizmetkarları efendimiz Kral Davut'u kutlamaya gelip, 'Tanrın, Süleyman'ın adını senin adından daha üstün, tahtını da senin tahtından daha yüce kılsın' dediler. Kral da yatağının üzerinde eğilip tapındı."

⁴⁸"Kral şöyle dedi: 'Bugün tahtıma oturacak bir soyumu bana gösteren ve bunu gözlerimle görmemi sağlayan İsrail'in Tanrısı RAB'be övgüler olsun!'"

⁴⁹Bunun üzerine Adoniyas'ın bütün davetlileri dehşete kapıldı; her biri kalkıp kendi yoluna gitti.

⁵⁰Adoniyas da Süleyman'dan korktuğu için kalkıp gitti ve sunağın boynuzlarına sarıldı.

⁵¹Süleyman'a, "Adoniyas Kral Süleyman'dan korkuyor; sunağın boynuzlarına sarılmış, 'Kral Süleyman bugün bana kulunu kılıçla öldürmeyeceğine dair ant içsin' diyor" diye haber verildi.

⁵²Süleyman, "Eğer dürüst bir adam olduğunu kanıtlarsa, başından tek bir saç teli bile yere düşmeyecektir; ama içinde bir kötülük bulunursa ölecektir" dedi.

⁵³Kral Süleyman adamlar gönderip onu sunaktan indirtti. Adoniyas gelip Kral Süleyman'ın önünde yere kapandı. Süleyman da ona, "Evine git" dedi.

¹ΚΑΙ ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαυὶδ πρεσβύτερος προβεβηκὼς ἡμέραις, καὶ περιέβαλλον αὐτὸν ἱματίοις, καὶ οὐκ ἐθερμαίνετο.

²καὶ εἶπον οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ· ζητησάτωσαν τῷ βασιλεῖ παρθένον νεάνιδα, καὶ παραστήσεται τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ ἔσται αὐτὸν θάλπουσαν καὶ κοιμηθήσεται μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ θερμανθήσεται ὁ κύριός μου ὁ βασιλεύς.

³καὶ ἐζήτησαν νεάνιδα καλὴν ἐκ παντὸς ὁρίου ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ εὗρον τὴν ᾿Αβισὰγ τὴν Σωμανῖτιν καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὴν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα.

⁴καὶ ἡ νεᾶνις καλὴ ἕως σφόδρα· καὶ ἦν θάλπουσα τὸν βασιλέα καὶ ἐλειτούργει αὐτῷ, καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτήν.

⁵Καὶ ᾿Αδωνίας υἱὸς ᾿Αγγὶθ ἐπῄρετο λέγων· ἐγὼ βασιλεύσω· καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ ἅρματα καὶ ἱππεῖς καὶ πεντήκοντα ἄνδρας παρατρέχειν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ.

⁶καὶ οὐκ ἀπεκώλυσεν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ οὐδέποτε λέγων· διατὶ σὺ ἐποίησας; καί γε αὐτὸς ὡραῖος τῇ ὄψει σφόδρα, καὶ αὐτὸν ἔτεκεν ὀπίσω ᾿Αβεσσαλώμ.

⁷καὶ ἐγένοντο οἱ λόγοι αὐτοῦ μετὰ ᾿Ιωὰβ τοῦ υἱοῦ Σαρουΐας καὶ μετὰ ᾿Αβιάθαρ τοῦ ἱερέως, καὶ ἐβοήθουν ὀπίσω ᾿Αδωνίου·

⁸καὶ Σαδὼκ ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ Βαναίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωδαὲ καὶ Νάθαν ὁ προφήτης καὶ Σεμεΐ καὶ Ῥησὶ καὶ υἱοὶ δυνατοὶ τοῦ Δαυὶδ οὐκ ἦσαν ὀπίσω ᾿Αδωνίου.

⁹καὶ ἐθυσίασεν ᾿Αδωνίας πρόβατα καὶ μόσχους καὶ ἄρνας παρὰ τὸν λίθον τοῦ Ζωελεθί, ὃς ἦν ἐχόμενα τῆς Ῥωγήλ, καὶ ἐκάλεσε πάντας τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἁδροὺς ᾿Ιούδα παῖδας τοῦ βασιλέως·

¹⁰καὶ Νάθαν τὸν προφήτην καὶ Βαναίαν καὶ τοὺς δυνατούς, καὶ τὸν Σαλωμὼν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐκάλεσε.

¹¹Καὶ εἶπε Νάθαν πρὸς Βηρσαβεὲ μητέρα Σαλωμὼν λέγων· οὐκ ἤκουσας ὅτι ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Αδωνίας υἱὸς ᾿Αγγίθ; καὶ ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Δαυὶδ οὐκ ἔγνω.

¹²καὶ νῦν δεῦρο συμβουλεύσω σοι δὴ συμβουλίαν, καὶ ἐξελοῦ τὴν ψυχήν σου καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ υἱοῦ σου Σαλωμών.

¹³δεῦρο εἴσελθε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσα· οὐχὶ σύ, κύριέ μου βασιλεῦ, ὤμοσας τῇ δούλῃ σου λέγων ὅτι ὁ υἱός σου Σαλωμὼν βασιλεύσει μετ᾿ ἐμὲ καὶ αὐτὸς καθιεῖται ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου μου; καὶ τί ὅτι ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Αδωνίας;

¹⁴καὶ ἰδοὺ ἔτι λαλούσης σου ἐκεῖ μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἐγὼ εἰσελεύσομαι ὀπίσω σου καὶ πληρώσω τοὺς λόγους σου.

¹⁵καὶ εἰσῆλθε Βηρσαβεὲ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα εἰς τὸ ταμιεῖον, καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς πρεσβύτης σφόδρα, καὶ ᾿Αβισὰγ ἡ Σωμανῖτις ἦν λειτουργοῦσα τῷ βασιλεῖ.

¹⁶καὶ ἔκυψε Βηρσαβεὲ καὶ προσεκύνησε τῷ βασιλεῖ· καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς· τί ἔστι σοι;

¹⁷ἡ δὲ εἶπε· κύριέ μου βασιλεῦ, σὺ ὤμοσας ἐν Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου τῇ δούλῃ σου λέγων· ὅτι ὁ υἱός σου Σαλωμὼν βασιλεύσει μετ᾿ ἐμὲ καὶ αὐτὸς καθήσεται ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου μου.

¹⁸καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ᾿Αδωνίας ἐβασίλευσε, καὶ σύ, κύριέ μου βασιλεῦ, οὐκ ἔγνως·

¹⁹καὶ ἐθυσίασε μόσχους καὶ ἄρνας καὶ πρόβατα εἰς πλῆθος καὶ ἐκάλεσε πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ᾿Αβιάθαρ τὸν ἱερέα καὶ ᾿Ιωὰβ τὸν ἄρχοντα τῆς δυνάμεως, καὶ τὸν Σαλωμὼν τὸν δοῦλόν σου οὐκ ἐκάλεσε.

²⁰καὶ σύ, κύριέ μου βασιλεῦ, οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ παντὸς ᾿Ισραὴλ πρός σε. ἀπάγγειλαι αὐτοῖς τίς καθήσεται ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ κυρίου μου τοῦ βασιλέως μετ᾿ αὐτόν.

²¹καὶ ἔσται ὡς ἂν κοιμηθῇ ὁ κύριός μου ὁ βασιλεὺς μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσομαι ἐγὼ καὶ Σαλωμὼν ὁ υἱὸς μου ἁμαρτωλοί.

²²καὶ ἰδοὺ ἔτι αὐτῆς λαλούσης μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ Νάθαν ὁ προφήτης ἦλθε.

²³καὶ ἀνηγγέλη τῷ βασιλεῖ· ἰδοὺ Νάθαν ὁ προφήτης· καὶ εἰσῆλθε κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ προσεκύνησε τῷ βασιλεῖ κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.

²⁴καὶ εἶπε Νάθαν· κύριέ μου βασιλεῦ, σὺ εἶπας ᾿Αδωνίας βασιλεύσει ὀπίσω μου καὶ αὐτὸς καθήσεται ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου μου;

²⁵ὅτι κατέβη σήμερον καὶ ἐθυσίασε μόσχους καὶ ἄρνας καὶ πρόβατα εἰς πλῆθος καὶ ἐκάλεσε πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ ᾿Αβιάθαρ τὸν ἱερέα, καὶ ἰδοὺ εἰσὶν ἐσθίοντες καὶ πίνοντες ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπαν· ζήτω ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Αδωνίας.

²⁶καὶ ἐμὲ αὐτὸν τὸν δοῦλόν σου καὶ Σαδὼκ τὸν ἱερέα καὶ Βαναίαν υἱὸν ᾿Ιωδαὲ καὶ Σαλωμὼν τὸν δοῦλόν σου οὐκ ἐκάλεσεν.

²⁷εἰ διὰ τοῦ κυρίου μου τοῦ βασιλέως γέγονε τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο καὶ οὐκ ἐγνώρισας τῷ δούλῳ σου τίς καθήσεται ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον τοῦ κυρίου μου τοῦ βασιλέως μετ᾿ αὐτόν;

²⁸καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαυὶδ καὶ εἶπε· καλέσατέ μοι τὴν Βηρσαβεέ· καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἔστη ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.

²⁹καὶ ὤμοσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ εἶπε· ζῇ Κύριος, ὃς ἐλυτρώσατο τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ πάσης θλίψεως,

³⁰ὅτι καθὼς ὤμοσά σοι ἐν Κυρίῳ Θεῷ ᾿Ισραὴλ λέγων ὅτι Σαλωμὼν ὁ υἱός σου βασιλεύσει μετ᾿ ἐμὲ καὶ αὐτὸς καθήσεται ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου μου ἀντ᾿ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι οὕτω ποιήσω τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ.

³¹καὶ ἔκυψε Βηρσαβεὲ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ προσεκύνησε τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ εἶπε· ζήτω ὁ κύριός μου ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαυὶδ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

³²καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαυίδ· καλέσατέ μοι Σαδὼκ τὸν ἱερέα καὶ Νάθαν τὸν προφήτην καὶ Βαναίαν υἱὸν ᾿Ιωδαέ· καὶ εἰσῆλθον ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως,

³³καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς αὐτοῖς· λάβετε τοὺς δούλους τοῦ κυρίου ὑμῶν μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐπιβιβάσατε τὸν υἱόν μου Σαλωμὼν ἐπὶ τὴν ἡμίονον τὴν ἐμὴν καὶ καταγάγετε αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν Γιών,

³⁴καὶ χρισάτω αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ Σαδὼκ ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ Νάθαν ὁ προφήτης εἰς βασιλέα ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ σαλπίσατε κερατίνῃ καὶ ἐρεῖτε· ζήτω ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμών.

³⁵καὶ καθήσεται ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου μου καὶ βασιλεύσει ἀντ᾿ ἐμοῦ, καὶ ἐγὼ ἐνετειλάμην τοῦ εἶναι εἰς ἡγούμενον ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιούδαν.

³⁶καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Βαναίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωδαὲ τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ εἶπε· γένοιτο οὕτως· πιστώσαι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ κυρίου μου τοῦ βασιλέως.

³⁷καθὼς ἦν Κύριος μετὰ τοῦ κυρίου μου τοῦ βασιλέως, οὕτως εἴη μετὰ Σαλωμὼν καὶ μεγαλύναι τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ τὸν θρόνον τοῦ κυρίου μου τοῦ βασιλέως Δαυίδ.

³⁸καὶ κατέβη Σαδὼκ ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ Νάθαν ὁ προφήτης καὶ Βαναίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωδαὲ καὶ ὁ Χερεθὶ καὶ ὁ Φελεθὶ καὶ ἐπεκάθισαν τὸν Σαλωμὼν ἐπὶ τὴν ἡμίονον τοῦ βασιλέως Δαυὶδ καὶ ἀπήγαγον αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν Γιών.

³⁹καὶ ἔλαβε Σαδὼκ ὁ ἱερεὺς τὸ κέρας τοῦ ἐλαίου ἐκ τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ ἔχρισε τὸν Σαλωμὼν καὶ ἐσάλπισε τῇ κερατίνῃ, καὶ εἶπε πᾶς ὁ λαός· ζήτω ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμών.

⁴⁰καὶ ἀνέβη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐχόρευον ἐν χοροῖς καὶ εὐφραινόμενοι εὐφροσύνην μεγάλην, καὶ ἐρράγη ἡ γῆ ἐν τῇ φωνῇ αὐτῶν.

⁴¹Καὶ ἤκουσεν ᾿Αδωνίας καὶ πάντες οἱ κλητοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐτοὶ συνετέλεσαν φαγεῖν· καὶ ἤκουσεν ᾿Ιωὰβ τὴν φωνὴν τῆς κερατίνης καὶ εἶπε· τίς ἡ φωνὴ τῆς πόλεως ἠχούσης;

⁴²ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος καὶ ἰδοὺ ᾿Ιωνάθαν υἱὸς ᾿Αβιάθαρ τοῦ ἱερέως εἰσῆλθε, καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Αδωνίας· εἴσελθε, ὅτι ἀνὴρ δυνάμεως εἶ σύ, καὶ ἀγαθὰ εὐαγγέλισαι.

⁴³καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ᾿Ιωνάθαν καὶ εἶπε· καὶ μάλα ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαυὶδ ἐβασίλευσε τὸν Σαλωμών·

⁴⁴καὶ ἀπέστειλε μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸν Σαδὼκ τὸν ἱερέα καὶ Νάθαν τὸν προφήτην καὶ Βαναίαν τὸν υἱὸν ᾿Ιωδαὲ καὶ τὸν Χερεθὶ καὶ τὸν Φελεθὶ καὶ ἐπεκάθισαν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν ἡμίονον τοῦ βασιλέως·

⁴⁵καὶ ἔχρισαν αὐτὸν Σαδὼκ ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ Νάθαν ὁ προφήτης ἐν τῇ Γιών, καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἐκεῖθεν εὐφραινόμενοι καὶ ἤχησεν ἡ πόλις· αὕτη ἡ φωνὴ ἣν ἠκούσατε.

⁴⁶καὶ ἐκάθισε Σαλωμὼν ἐπὶ θρόνον βασιλείας,

⁴⁷καὶ εἰσῆλθον οἱ δοῦλοι τοῦ βασιλέως εὐλογῆσαι τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν τὸν βασιλέα Δαυὶδ λέγοντες· ἀγαθύναι ὁ Θεὸς τὸ ὄνομα Σαλωμὼν ὑπὲρ τὸ ὄνομά σου καὶ μεγαλύναι τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ τὸν θρόνον σου· καὶ προσεκύνησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ τὴν κοίτην,

⁴⁸καί γε οὕτως εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς· εὐλογητὸς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ, ὃς ἔδωκε σήμερον ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματός μου καθήμενον ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου μου, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου βλέπουσι.

⁴⁹Καὶ ἐξέστησαν πάντες οἱ κλητοὶ τοῦ ᾿Αδωνίου καὶ ἦλθον ἀνὴρ εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ.

⁵⁰καὶ ᾿Αδωνίας ἐφοβήθη ἀπὸ προσώπου Σαλωμὼν καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ ἀπῆλθε καὶ ἐπελάβετο τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου.

⁵¹καὶ ἀνηγγέλη τῷ Σαλωμὼν λέγοντες· ἰδοὺ ᾿Αδωνίας ἐφοβήθη τὸν βασιλέα Σαλωμὼν καὶ κατέχει τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου λέγων· ὀμοσάτω μοι σήμερον Σαλωμών, εἰ οὐ θανατώσει τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ ἐν ρομφαίᾳ.

⁵²καὶ εἶπε Σαλωμών· ἐὰν γένηται εἰς υἱὸν δυνάμεων, εἰ πεσεῖται τῶν τριχῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν· καὶ ἐὰν κακία εὑρεθῇ ἐν αὐτῷ, θανατωθήσεται.

⁵³καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν καὶ κατήνεγκαν αὐτὸν ἀπάνωθεν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου· καὶ εἰσῆλθε καὶ προσεκύνησε τῷ βασιλεῖ Σαλωμών, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Σαλωμών· δεῦρο εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου.

¹And king David [was] old and advanced in days, and they covered him with clothes, and he was not warmed.

²And his servants said, Let them seek for the king a young virgin, and she shall wait on the king, and cherish him, and lie with him, and my lord the king shall be warmed.

³So they sought for a fair damsel out of all the coasts of Israel; and they found Abisag the Somanite, and they brought her to the king.

⁴And the damsel was extremely beautiful, and she cherished the king, and ministered to him, but the king knew her not.

⁵And Adonias the son of Aggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

⁶And his father never at any time checked him, saying, Why hast thou done [thus]? and he was also very handsome in appearance, and his mother bore him after Abessalom.

⁷And he conferred with Joab the son of Saruia, and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed after Adonias.

⁸But Sadoc the priest, and Banaeas the son of Jodae, and Nathan the prophet, and Semei, and Resi, and the mighty men of David, did not follow Adonias.

⁹And Adonias sacrificed sheep and calves and lambs by the stone of Zoelethi, which was near Rogel: and he called all his brethren, and all the adult [men] of Juda, servants of the king.

¹⁰But Nathan the prophet, and Banaeas, and the mighty [men], and Solomon his brother, he did not call.

¹¹And Nathan spoke to Bersabee the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonias the son of Aggith reigns, and our lord David knows it not?

¹²And now come, let me, I pray, give thee counsel, and thou shalt rescue thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

¹³Haste, and go in to king David, and thou shalt speak to him, saying, Hast not thou, my lord, O king, sworn to thine handmaid, saying, Thy son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then does Adonias reign?

¹⁴And behold, while thou art still speaking there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and will confirm thy words.

¹⁵So Bersabee went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old, and Abisag the Somanite was ministering to the king.

¹⁶And Bersabee bowed, and did obeisance to the king; and the king said, What is thy request?

¹⁷And she said, My lord, thou didst swear by the Lord thy God to thine handmaid, saying, Thy son Solomon shall reign after me, and shall sit upon my throne.

¹⁸And now, behold, Adonias reigns, and thou, my lord, O king, knowest [it] not.

¹⁹And he has sacrificed calves and lambs and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander-in-chief of the host; but Solomon thy servant he has not called.

²⁰And thou, my lord, O king,-- the eyes of all Israel [are] upon thee, to tell them who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him.

²¹And it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son shall be offenders.

²²And behold, while she was yet talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came. And it was reported to the king,

²³Behold, Nathan the prophet [is here]: and he came in to the king’s presence, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the ground.

²⁴And Nathan said, My lord, O king, didst thou say, Adonias shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

²⁵For he has gone down to-day, and has sacrificed calves and lambs and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, and the chiefs of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and they said, [Long] live king Adonias.

²⁶But he has not invited me thy servant, and Sadoc the priest, and Banaeas the son of Jodae, and Solomon thy servant.

²⁷Has this matter happened by the authority of my lord the king, and hast thou not made known to thy servant who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him?

²⁸And king David answered and said, Call me Bersabee: and she came in before the king, and stood before him.

²⁹And the king swore, and said, [As] the Lord lives who redeemed my soul out of all affliction,

³⁰as I swore to thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead, so will I do this day.

³¹And Bersabee bowed with her face to the ground, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

³²And king David said, Call me Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaeas the son of Jodae: and they came in before the king.

³³And the king said to them, Take the servants of your lord with you, and mount my son Solomon upon my own mule, and bring him down to Gion.

³⁴And there let Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him to be king over Israel, and do ye sound the trumpet, and ye shall say, Let king Solomon live.

³⁵And he shall sit upon my throne, and reign in my stead: and I have given charge that he should be for a prince over Israel and Juda.

³⁶And Banaeas the son of Jodae answered the king and said, So let it be: may the Lord God of my lord the king confirm [it].

³⁷As the Lord was with my lord the king, so let him be with Solomon, and let him exalt his throne beyond the throne of my lord king David.

³⁸And Sadoc the priest went down, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaeas son of Jodae, and the Cherethite, and the Phelethite, and they mounted Solomon upon the mule of king David, and led him away to Geon.

³⁹And Sadoc the priest took the horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon, and blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Let king Solomon live.

⁴⁰And all the people went up after him, and they danced in choirs, and rejoiced with great joy, and the earth quaked with their voice.

⁴¹And Adonias and all his guests heard, and they had [just] left off eating: and Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, and said, What [means] the voice of the city in tumult?

⁴²While he was yet speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came in: and Adonias said, Come in, for thou art a mighty man, and [thou comest] to bring glad tidings.

⁴³And Jonathan answered and said, Verily our lord king David has made Solomon king:

⁴⁴and the king has sent with him Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaeas the son of Jodae, and the Cherethite, and the Phelethite, and they have mounted him on the king’s mule;

⁴⁵and Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him in Geon, and have gone up thence rejoicing, and the city resounded: this [is] the sound which ye have heard.

⁴⁶And Solomon is seated upon the throne of the kingdom.

⁴⁷And the servants of the king have gone in to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne; and the king worshipped upon his bed.

⁴⁸Moreover thus said the king, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who has this day appointed one of my seed sitting on my throne, and my eyes see it.

⁴⁹And all the guests of Adonias were dismayed, and every man went his way.

⁵⁰And Adonias feared because of Solomon, and arose, and departed, and laid hold on the horns of the altar.

⁵¹And it was reported to Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonias fears king Solomon, and holds the horns of the altar, saying, Let Solomon swear to me this day, that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

⁵²And Solomon said, If he should be a valiant man, there shall not a hair of his fall to the ground; but if evil be found in him, he shall die.

⁵³And king Solomon sent, and they brought him away from the altar; and he went in and did obeisance to king Solomon: and Solomon said to him, Go to thy house.