2 Samuel 3:4 Cross References - Coverdale

⁴ the fourth Adonia the sonne of Hagith: the fyfth Saphatia the sonne of Abital:

⁵ Adonias ye sonne of Hagith lifte vp him selfe and sayde: I wyl be kynge. And he prepared him charettes and horsmen, and fyftie men to be renners on fote before him. ⁶ And his father reproued hi not therfore, so moch as to saye: Wherfore doest thou so? And he was a man of a very fayre bewtye and he had begotten him nexte after Absalo. ⁷ And his matter stode by Ioab ye sonne of Zeru Ia and by Abiathar the prest, which helped Adonias. ⁸ But Sadoc the prest, and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada, and Nathan the prest and Semei and Rei, and Dauids Worthies were not with Adonias. ⁹ And wha Adonias offred shepe and oxe, and fat catell besyde the stone of Soheleth, which lyeth by the well of Rogel, he called all his brethre the kynges sonnes, and all the men of Iuda the kynges seruautes. ¹⁰ But the prophet Nathan and Benaia, and the Worthies, and his brother Salomon called he not. ¹¹ Then sayde Nathan vnto Bethseba Salomons mother: Hast thou not herde yt Adonias is kynge, and oure lorde Dauid knoweth not therof? ¹² Come now therfore, I wyll geue the councell, that thou mayest delyuer thy soule and the soule of thy sonne Salomon. ¹³ Come now and go in to kinge Dauid and saye vnto him: Hast not thou my lorde the kynge sworne and sayde vnto thy handmayden: Salomon thy sonne shall be kynge after me, and he shall sytt vpon my seate? Why is then Adonias made kynge? ¹⁴ Beholde, while thou art yet there, and talkest with the kynge, I wyll come in after the, and tell forth thy tayle. ¹⁵ And Bethseba wente in to the kynge to ye chamber. And the kynge was very olde. And Abisag of Sunem serued the kynge. ¹⁶ And Bethseba bowed hirselfe, and worshipped the kynge.The kynge sayde: What wilt thou? ¹⁷ She sayde vnto him: My lorde, Thou hast sworne vnto thy handmayde by the LORDE thy God: Thy sonne Salomon shall be kynge after me and syt vpon my seate. ¹⁸ But now lo, Adonias is kynge, and my lorde the kynge knoweth it not.

¹³ But Adonias the sonne of Hagith came in to Bethseba Salomons mother. And she sayde: Is thy commynge peaceable? He spake: Yee, ¹⁴ and sayde: I haue somwhat to saye to the. She sayde: Saye on. ¹⁵ He sayde: Thou knowest that the kyngdome was myne, and that all Israel had sett them selues vpon me, that I shulde be kynge, but now is the kyngdome turned, and become my brothers: for he hath it of the LORDE. ¹⁶ Now desyre I one peticion of the, Make not my face ashamed. She sayde vnto him: Saye on. ¹⁷ He sayde: Speake vnto kynge Salomon (for he shall not shame thy face) that he maye geue me Abisag to wyfe. ¹⁸ Bethseba sayde: Wel, I wil speake to the kynge for the. ¹⁹ And Bethseba came in to kynge Salomon to speake with him. And the kynge stode vp, and wente to mete her, and worshipped her, and sat him downe vpon his seate. And there was a chayre set for the kynges mother, so that she sat at his righte hande. ²⁰ And she sayde: One peticion desyre I of the make not my face ashamed. The kynge saydt: Axe O my mother, I wyl not shame thy face. ²¹ She saide: Let Abisag of Sunem be geuen thy brother Adonias to wyfe. ²² Then answered kynge Salomon, and saide vnto his mother: Why desyrest thou Abisag of Sunem for Adonias? Axe the kyngdome or him also, for he is my greater brother, and hath Abiathar the prest, and Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia. ²³ And the kynge sware by the LORDE, and sayde: God do this and that vnto me, Adonias shall haue spoken this agaynst his lyfe. ²⁴ And now as truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath ordeyned me, and made me to syt vpon the seate of my father Dauid, and hath made me a house ( acordynge as he sayde) this daye shal Adonias dye. ²⁵ And kynge Salomon sent thither by Benaia the sonne of Ioiada, which smote him that he dyed.