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1 Kings 1:3-5
New Catholic Bible
1 Kings 1:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 And so they searched for a beautiful young woman all throughout the territory of Israel, and they found Abishag the Shunamite, and they brought her to the king. 4 The young woman was very beautiful, and she cared for the king. She served the king, but he did not have intimate relations with her.
Adonijah’s Plan. 5 Adonijah, the son of Haggith, exulted himself saying, “I will be king.” He had his own chariots and horsemen, and he had fifty men to run in front of him.[a]
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- 1 Kings 1:5 See 2 Sam 3–4: Adonijah, David’s fourth son, had become the eldest son and, therefore, pretender to the throne.
