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Ärende: Bible Reading for May 31 [1/2]
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@fmlynet.org>

The First Book of the
Kings
CHAPTER 1
1 Kings 1:1
1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with
clothes, but he gat no heat.
1 Kings 1:2
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. 1
Kings 1:3
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. 1 Kings 1:4
4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him:
but the king knew her not.
1 Kings 1:5
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. 1
Kings 1:6
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.
1 Kings 1:7
7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest:
and they following Adonijah helped him. 1 Kings 1:8
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.
1 Kings 1:9
9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth,
which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons,  and all the
men  of Judah  the king's  servants: 1 Kings 1:10
10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his
brother, he called not.
1 Kings 1:11
11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast
thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord 
knoweth  it not?
1 Kings 1:12
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. 1 Kings 1:13
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?
1 Kings 1:14
14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in
after thee, and confirm thy words.
1 Kings 1:15
15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very
old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 1 Kings 1:16
16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said,
What wouldest thou?
1 Kings 1:17
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.
1 Kings 1:18
18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest
it not:
1 Kings 1:19
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. 1 Kings 1:20
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.
1 Kings 1:21
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. 1 Kings 1:22
22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came
in.
1 Kings 1:23
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.
1 Kings 1:24
24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after
me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 1 Kings 1:25
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. 1 Kings 1:26
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. 1 Kings 1:27
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? 1 Kings
1:28
28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the
king's presence, and stood before the king. 1 Kings 1:29
29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul
out of all distress,
1 Kings 1:30
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. 1 Kings 1:31
31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the
king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. 1 Kings 1:32
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. 1 Kings 1:33
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:
1 Kings 1:34
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. 1 Kings
1:35
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.
1 Kings 1:36
36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD
God of my lord the king say so too. 1 Kings 1:37
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. 1 Kings 1:38
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. 1 Kings
1:39
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.
1 Kings 1:40
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. 1 Kings
1:41
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? 1 Kings 1:42
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.
1 Kings 1:43
43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath
made Solomon king.
1 Kings 1:44
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: 1 Kings 1:45
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. 1 Kings 1:46
46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 1 Kings 1:47
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.
1 Kings 1:48
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. 1 Kings 1:49
49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and
went every man his way.
1 Kings 1:50
50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold
on the horns of the altar.
1 Kings 1:51
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.
1 Kings 1:52
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.
1 Kings 1:53
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.
CHAPTER 2
1 Kings 2:1
1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon
his son, saying,
1 Kings 2:2
2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a
man;
1 Kings 2:3
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: 1 Kings 2:4
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.
1 Kings 2:5
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. 1 Kings 2:6
6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to
the grave in peace.
1 Kings 2:7
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.
1 Kings 2:8
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. 1 Kings 2:9
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.
1 Kings 2:10
10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. 1
Kings 2:11
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. 1
Kings 2:12
12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was
established greatly.
1 Kings 2:13
13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And
she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 1 Kings 2:14
14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. 1
Kings 2:15
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. 1 Kings 2:16
16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say
on.
1 Kings 2:17
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. 1 Kings 2:18
18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. 1 Kings 2:19
19 Bathsheba 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. 1 Kings 2:20
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.
1 Kings 2:21
21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to
wife.
1 Kings 2:22
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.
1 Kings 2:23
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. 1 Kings 2:24
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. 1 Kings 2:25
25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he
fell upon him that he died.
1 Kings 2:26
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.
1 Kings 2:27
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.
1 Kings 2:28
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. 1 Kings 2:29
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. 1 Kings 2:30
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.
1 Kings 2:31
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. 1 Kings 2:32
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.
1 Kings 2:33
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. 1 Kings
2:34
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. 1 Kings 2:35
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. 1 Kings 2:36
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. 1
Kings 2:37
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. 1 Kings 2:38
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.
1 Kings 2:39
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. 1 Kings 2:40
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. 1 Kings
2:41
41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was
come again.
1 Kings 2:42
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 whither,  that thou shalt
surely  die?  and thou saidst  unto me, The word  that I have heard  is good.
1 Kings 2:43
43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I
have charged thee with?
1 Kings 2:44
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; 1 Kings 2:45
45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be
established before the LORD for ever. 1 Kings 2:46
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.
CHAPTER 3
1 Kings 3:1
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.
1 Kings 3:2
2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built
unto the name of the LORD, until those days. 1 Kings 3:3
3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only
he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 1 Kings 3:4
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. 1 Kings
3:5
5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask
what I shall give thee.
1 Kings 3:6
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.
1 Kings 3:7
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. 1
Kings 3:8
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. 1 Kings 3:9
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?
1 Kings 3:10
10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 1 Kings
3:11
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;
1 Kings 3:12
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. 1 Kings 3:13
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.
1 Kings 3:14

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