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13 Go to King David and say to him, ‘Did not you, my lord, O king, swear to your handmaid, saying: Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?’ 14 Then while you are still there talking with the king, I will come in and confirm your words.”

15 So Bathsheba went to the king’s chamber. Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite ministered to him.

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