1 Kings 1 started with a teaser and quickly followed with a treachery and a conspiracy.
Please read the teaser (1 Kings 1:1-4) on your own. It's funny.
The Treachery:
So just before King David passed away, son Adonijah acted quickly. He conferred with Joab the general, Abiathar the priest and other close allies. Adonijah sacrificed to God, and organized a grand event to parade his own coronation to replace David. He was going to win the throne, never mind all the other brothers and step-brothers from King David's other marriages.
The Conspiracy:
Now Bathsheba is not going to take this hands down. "What about my son Solomon?" she was worried. So she consulted with Nathan the prophet. They came up with a plan. Bathsheba were to present her case before the dying King David, and while she was there, Nathan were to join in to add oil to fire.
Verse 15 onwards:
So Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. The king said, "What do you wish?"
And she said to him, "My lord, you swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God, saying "Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne." …..
And behold, while she was still speaking, Nathan the prophet came in.
Then Nathan said to David, "My lord the king, have you said 'Adonijah shall be king after me?... For ... today.. behold...they are eating and drinking before him, and they shouting, 'Long live King Adonijah''".
To cut the story short, King David crowned Solomon as king instead of Adonijah. Thereafter, king Solomon executed Adonijah.
Nice story, right?
Go on, read the Bible, all of it !! Enjoy !!
(Beautiful Jeju / Korea)
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