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Bible Reading for May 31

1 Kings 1
[1] Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with
clothes, but he gat no heat.
[2] 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 let her cherish
him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
[3] So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and
found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. [4] And the damsel was
very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her
not.
[5] Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king:
and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
[6] And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou
done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after
Absalom.
[7] And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the
priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. [8] 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 Adonijah.
[9] And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth,
which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the
men of Judah the king's servants: [10] But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and
the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
[11] Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast
thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord
knoweth it not?
[12] Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou
mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. [13] 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 Adonijah reign?
[14] Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in
after thee, and confirm thy words.
[15] And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was
very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. [16] 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; and now, my lord the king, thou
knowest it not:
[19] And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle 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 called. [20] And thou, my
lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell
them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
[21] Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with
his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. [22] And,
lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
[23] 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
ground.
[24] And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign
after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? [25] For he is gone down this day,
and hath slain oxen and fat cattle 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 drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. [26]
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 it unto thy servant, 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 before the king. [29] And the king sware, and
said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
[30] Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly
Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my
stead; even so will I certainly do this day. [31] Then Bath-sheba bowed with
her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord
king David live for ever. [32] And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest,
and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before
the king. [33] The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your
lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down
to Gihon:
[34] 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, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he
shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and
over Judah.
[36] And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the
LORD God of my lord the king say so too. [37] 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 lord king David. [38] 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 him to
Gihon. [39] And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and
anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save
king Solomon.
[40] And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and
rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. [41]
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 city being in an uproar? [42] And while he yet spake,
behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto
him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
[43] 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 heard. [46] And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. [47]
And moreover the king's servants came 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 bowed himself upon the bed. [48] And also thus said
the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my
throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. [49] And all the guests that were
with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
[50] And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught
hold on the horns of the altar.
[51] And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon:
for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king
Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
[52] And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an
hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he
shall die.
[53] So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he
came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine
house.

1 Kings 2
[1] Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon
his son, saying,
[2] I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a
man;
[3] And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his
statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it
is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou
doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: [4] That the LORD may continue
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) a man on the throne of Israel. [5]
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and 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 were on his feet. [6] Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let
not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
[7] 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 because of
Absalom thy brother.
[8] And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of
Bahurim, which 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 to death with the sword. [9] Now therefore
hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest
to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
[10] So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. [11]
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.
[12] Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was
established greatly.
[13] And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon.
And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. [14] 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: for it was his from the LORD. [16] And now I
ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
[17] 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 wife. [18] 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 seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right
hand.
[20] Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me
not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee
nay.
[21] And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother
to wife.
[22] 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.
[23] 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 own life. [24] Now
therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the
throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised,
Adonijah shall be put to death this day. [25] And king Solomon sent by the hand
of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
[26] And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto
thine own fields; for thou art worthy 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 hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was
afflicted.
[27] So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he
might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli
in Shiloh.
[28] Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he
turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and
caught hold on the horns of the altar. [29] And it was told king Solomon that
Joab was fled unto the tabernacle 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 tabernacle 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 answered me.
[31] And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and
bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from
me, and from the house of my father. [32] And the LORD shall return his blood
upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and
slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner
the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether,
captain of the host of Judah.
[33] Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the
head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his
house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD. [34]
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he
was buried in his own house in the wilderness. [35] 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 of Abiathar. [36] 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 thence any whither. [37] For it shall be, that on the day thou goest
out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou
shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. [38] 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. [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 Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy
servants be in Gath. [40] And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to
Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants
from Gath. [41] And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to
Gath, and was come again.
[42] 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 a certain,
on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any wither, that thou shalt
surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
[43] Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that
I have charged thee with?
[44] 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 wickedness upon thine own head; [45] And king Solomon shall be
blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
[46] So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and
fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of
Solomon.

1 Kings 3
[1] 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 of Jerusalem
round about.
[2] Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built
unto 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 high places. [4] And 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
mercy, 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 throne, as it is this
day.
[7] 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 nor counted for multitude. [9] Give therefore
thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern
between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
[10] And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. [11]
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
judgment;
[12] Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise
and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee,
neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. [13] 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, then I will lengthen thy days. [15] 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
before him.
[17] And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house;
and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. [18] And it came to pass
the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also:
and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two
in the house. [19] And this woman's child died in the night; because she
overlaid it. [20] And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me,
while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child
in my bosom.
[21] And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead:
but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I
did bear.
[22] And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is
thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son.
Thus they spake before the king. [23] Then said the king, The one saith, This
is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but
thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
[24] And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the
king.
[25] And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the
one, and half to the other.
[26] Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her
bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living
child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor
thine, but divide it.
[27] Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise
slay it: she is the mother thereof. [28] And all Israel heard of the judgment
which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the
wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

1 Kings 4
[1] So king Solomon was king over all Israel. [2] And these were the princes
which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
[3] Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of
Ahilud, the recorder.
[4] And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar
were the priests:
[5] And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of
Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend: [6] And Ahishar was over
the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
[7] And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals
for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
[8] And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: [9] The son of
Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
[10] The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of
Hepher:
[11] The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the
daughter of Solomon to wife:
[12] Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all
Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to
Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: [13] The son of
Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of
Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which
is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
[14] Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: [15] Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he
also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
[16] Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: [17] Jehoshaphat the
son of Paruah, in Issachar: [18] Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: [19]
Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king
of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which
was in the land.
[20] Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude,
eating and drinking, and making merry. [21] And Solomon reigned over all
kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border
of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
[22] And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and
threescore measures of meal,
[23] Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep,
beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. [24] For he had
dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to
Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides
round about him. [25] And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his
vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of
Solomon. [26] And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen.
[27] And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that
came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
[28] Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the
place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. [29] And God
gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart,
even as the sand that is on the sea shore. [30] And Solomon's wisdom excelled
the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of
Egypt. [31] For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman,
and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations
round about.
[32] And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and
five.
[33] And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto
the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of
fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. [34] And there came of all people
to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of
his wisdom.

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