(And his father had not [a]rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” He was also very good-looking. (A)His mother had borne him after Absalom.)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit. pained

15 Then he said, “You know that the kingdom was (A)mine, and all Israel had set their expectations on me, that I should reign. However, the kingdom has been turned over, and has become my brother’s; for (B)it was his from the Lord.

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the third, (A)Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, (B)Adonijah the son of Haggith;

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(A)And these were born to him in Jerusalem: [a]Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and (B)Solomon—four by [b]Bathshua the daughter of [c]Ammiel.

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