1 Raja-raja 2:10-20

2:10 Then David passed away ¹  and was buried in the city of David. ²  2:11 David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem ³  thirty-three years.

Solomon Secures the Throne

2:12 Solomon sat on his father David’s throne, and his royal authority ⁴  was firmly solidified.

2:13 Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come in peace?” He answered, “Yes.” ⁵  2:14 He added, ⁶  “I have something to say to you.” She replied, “Speak.” 2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom ⁷  was mine and all Israel considered me king. ⁸  But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. ⁹  2:16 Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.” ¹⁰  She said, “Go ahead and ask.” ¹¹  2:17 He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.” ¹²  2:18 Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine, ¹³  I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”

2:19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet ¹⁴  her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, ¹⁵  and she sat at his right hand. 2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ¹⁶  Please don’t refuse me.” ¹⁷  He said, ¹⁸  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

[2:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and David lay down with his fathers.”

[2:10]  ² sn The phrase the city of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[2:11]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:12]  ⁴ tn Or “kingship.”

[2:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “[in] peace.”

[2:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he said.”

[2:15]  ⁷ tn Or “kingship.”

[2:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”

[2:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the Lord it became his.”

[2:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

[2:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “She said, ‘Speak!’”

[2:17]  ¹² tn Heb “Say to Solomon the king, for he will not turn back your face, that he might give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.”

[2:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “[It is] good!”

[2:19]  ¹⁴ tn Or “meet.”

[2:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “he set up a throne for the mother of the king.”

[2:20]  ¹⁶ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

[2:20]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

[2:20]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”