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1 Kings 1:42-44
EasyEnglish Bible
1 Kings 1:42-44
EasyEnglish Bible
42 While Joab was still speaking, Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest, arrived. Adonijah said to him, ‘Come in! You are an honest man, so I am sure that you are bringing good news.’ 43 Jonathan replied to Adonijah, ‘No, it is not good news! Our master King David has made Solomon king! 44 He sent these people to put Solomon onto the king's mule: Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Jehoiada's son Benaiah, and the king's personal guards.[a] They took Solomon to Gihon.
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- 1:44 David's personal guards (bodyguards) were men who belonged to the Kerethite and Pelethite people.
1 Kings 1:42-44
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1 Kings 1:42-44
New International Version
42 Even as he was speaking, Jonathan(A) son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in. A worthy man like you must be bringing good news.”(B)
43 “Not at all!” Jonathan answered. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king. 44 The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites and the Pelethites, and they have put him on the king’s mule,
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