Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will
“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reig
Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.
So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that Dav
“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, a
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his king
saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it
Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ru
When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence