1 And King David was old, going into days. And they covered him with
garments, for he had no heat.
2 And his servants said to him, Let them seek out a young woman for my master
the king, a virgin, and she shall stand before the king, and be a nurse to him,
and lie in your bosom, and my master the king shall have heat.
3 And they sought out a beautiful young woman in all the border of Israel. And
they found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her in to the king.
4 And the young woman was exceedingly beautiful, and she was a nurse to the king
and served him. But the king did not know her.
5 And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will reign. And he
prepared a chariot for himself, and horsemen, and fifty men running before his
face.
6 And his father had not troubled him all his days, saying, Why have you done
so? And he also was very good of form, and one had borne him after Absalom.
7 And his words were with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest.
And they helped, going after Adonijah.
8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet,
and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who were to David, were not with
Adonijah.
9 And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings near the Stone of Serpents
which is near En-Rogel. And he called all his brothers, the sons of the king,
and all the men of Judah, the servants of the king.
10 But he did not call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and
his brother Solomon.
11 And Nathan spoke to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not
heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and our master David does not
know?
12 And now, come, please let me counsel you with counsel, and save your life,
and the life of your son Solomon.
13 Go up and go in to King David. And you shall say to him, My master, O king,
have you not sworn to your handmaid, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign
after me, and he shall sit on my throne? And why does Adonijah reign?
14 Behold, while you are speaking with the king, then I will come in after you
and will confirm your words.
15 And Bathsheba came in to the king, to the inner room. And the king was old,
and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.
16 And Bathsheba bowed and knelt before the king. And the king said, What shall
I do for you?
17 And she said to him, My master, you have sworn to your handmaid by YAHUVEH
your ELOHIM, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall
sit on my throne.
18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigns. And now, my master O king, you have not
known.
19 And he sacrifices oxen, and fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called
all the king’s sons, and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army.
But he has not called to your servant Solomon.
20 And you, my master O king, the eyes of Israel are on you, to tell them who
shall sit on the throne of my master the king after him.
21 And it will be, when my master the king lies with his fathers, my son Solomon
and I, shall be offenders.
22 And, behold, she was speaking with the king, and Nathan the prophet came in.
23 And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet! And he came in
before the king and bowed to the king, his nose to the earth.
24 And Nathan said, My master O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after
me, and he shall sit on my throne?
25 For he has gone down today and sacrificed oxen, and fatlings, and sheep in
abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, and the army commanders, and
Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and
they are saying, Let King Adonijah live!
26 But as for me, I, your servant, and for Zadok the priest, and for Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and for your servant Solomon, he has not called.
27 If this thing is to come about from my master the king, then you have not
caused your servant to know who shall sit on the throne of my master the king
after him.
28 And King David replied and said, Call Bathsheba for me. And she came in
before the king, and stood before the king.
29 And the king swore and said, As YAHUVEH lives, who has redeemed my soul out
of all distress,
30 surely as I swore to you by YAHUVEH, the ELOHIM of Israel, saying, Surely
your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my
place; surely so I will do this day.
31 And Bathsheba bowed her face to the earth, even bowing to the king, and said,
Let my master King David live forever.
John 4:3-14
3 He left Judea and went away into Galilee again.
4 And it was needful for Him to pass through Samaria.
5 And He came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the piece of land Jacob
gave to his son Joseph.
6 And there was there a spring of water that had belonged to Jacob, and YAHUSHUA
was tired from the fatigue of the journey. And He sat on the well, and it was
the sixth hour.
7 A woman came out of Samaria to draw water. YAHUSHUA said to her, Give Me some
to drink.
8 For His disciples had gone away into the city that they might buy provisions.
9 Then the Samaritan woman said to Him, How do You, being a Jew, ask to drink
from me, I being a Samaritan woman? For Jews do not have social dealings with
Samaritans.
10 YAHUSHUA answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of YAHUVEH, and who
is the One saying to you, Give Me to drink, you would have asked Him, and He
would give you living water.
11 The woman said to Him, Sir, You have no bucket, and the well is deep. From
where then do You have living water?
12 Are You greater than our father Jacob who gave us the well, and he and his
sons and his sheep drank out of it?
13 YAHUSHUA answered and said to her, Everyone drinking of this water will
thirst again;
14 But everyone who drinks from the waters that I give to him will not thirst
forever. But those waters that I give to him will become in him a spring of
water that will spring up into life that is eternal.