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Go in to King David, and tell him, ‘Didn’t you, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then does Adonijah reign?’
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Verse 13. Swear. This he did, either when he comforted her, after the death of her first-born; (2 Kennicott. 12:24) or rather, when Solomon had received so glorious a name, and was declared the heir by Nathan. 2 Kennicott. 7:12. 1 Chronicles 22:19. and 28:5. Adonias acknowledges that God had made choice of his brother. Calmet. 2:15. Calmet.
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