People of the World where are you going? Turn back to God! Back to your faithful principles!
A FOOLISH AND FATAL PETITION
A Foolish And Fatal Petition. So now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me.” And she said to him, “Speak.” He said, “Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you; ask that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.”
ANOINTING THE CHOSEN ONE SOLOMON ANOINTED KING
Anointing The Chosen One Solomon Anointed King. Zadok the priest took a horn of [olive] oil from the [sacred] tent and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”
NATHAN AND BATHSHEBA BEFORE DAVID
Nathan and Bathsheba Before David. While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
ADONIJAH SETS HIMSELF UP AS KING
Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King. Then Adonijah the son of [David’s wife] Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I [the eldest living son] will be king.” So [following Absalom’s example] he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
DAVID AND BATHSHEBA, ADDING BLOOD-GUILTINESS TO ADULTERY
David And Bathsheba, Adding Blood-Guiltiness To Adultery. In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. He wrote in the letter, “Put Uriah in the front line of the heaviest fighting and leave him, so that he may be struck down and die.”
DAVID AND BATHSHEBA, GIVING REIN TO SELF-INDULGENCE
David And Bathsheba, Giving Rein To Self-Indulgence. David sent word and inquired about the woman. Someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” David sent messengers and took her. When she came to him, he lay with her. And when she was purified from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.