1 Kings 1:47

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45 So Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon; and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.

46 Also Solomon ^asits on the throne of the kingdom.

47 And moreover the king’s servants have gone to bless our lord King David, saying, ^a‘May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ ^bThen the king bowed himself on the bed.

48 Also the king said thus, ‘Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has ^agiven one to sit on my throne this day, while my eyes see ^bit!’ ”

49 So all the guests who were with Adonijah were afraid, and arose, and each one went his way.

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Moreover , the king ' s servants came - The king himself was at this time confined to his own house, and probably to his bed, and could not possibly see these ceremonies; therefore his confidential servants came and told him. We know not how Jonathan, in so short a time, possessed himself of so much information.

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