1Raja Daud sudah sangat tua, dan badannya selalu kedinginan walaupun ditutupi dengan banyak selimut.2Maka para pejabat istana berkata kepadanya, “Yang Mulia, izinkan kami mencarikan seorang gadis untuk melayani dan merawat Raja. Dia bisa berbaring dalam pelukan Tuan sehingga badan Tuan tetap hangat.”3Lalu mereka mencari gadis tercantik di seluruh Israel, dan menemukan Abisag dari kota Sunem. Mereka pun membawanya kepada raja.4Gadis itu sangat cantik. Dia merawat dan melayani raja, tetapi raja tidak bersetubuh dengannya.
Bagian: Adonia menjadikan dirinya raja
5Daud dan Hagit, istrinya, mempunyai anak bernama Adonia, adik Absalom. Adonia sangat tampan. Daud begitu memanjakan dia sehingga tidak pernah menegurnya dengan keras meskipun dia melakukan kesalahan. Akibatnya, Adonia menjadi sombong, dan dia berkata, “Aku akan menjadi raja.” Dia pun membeli beberapa kereta mewah serta membayar beberapa pengendara dan lima puluh pengawal untuk berlari di depan keretanya.7Adonia kemudian berunding dengan Yoab anak Zeruya dan Imam Abiatar. Keduanya sepakat untuk mendukung dia.8Akan tetapi, Imam Zadok, Benaya anak Yoyada, Nabi Natan, Simei, Rei, dan para perwira Daud menolak untuk mendukung Adonia.9Suatu hari, Adonia mengadakan pesta besar di Batu Zohelet dekat En Rogel, dengan mengurbankan domba, sapi, dan anak sapi yang gemuk. Dia mengundang semua putra Raja Daud kecuali Salomo, adik tirinya. Hampir semua pejabat dari suku Yehuda juga diundang, tetapi Nabi Natan, Benaya, dan pasukan pengawal raja tidak diundangnya.
Bagian: Nabi Natan dan Batsyeba menemui Raja Daud
11Maka Nabi Natan menemui Batsyeba, ibu Salomo, dan berkata, “Sudahkah Ratu mendengar bahwa Adonia mengangkat dirinya menjadi raja tanpa sepengetahuan tuan kita Daud?12Karena itu dengarkanlah nasihat saya, supaya Ratu bisa menyelamatkan nyawa Ratu sendiri dan anakmu Salomo.13Pergilah kepada tuan kita dan katakan kepadanya, ‘Tuanku Raja, bukankah engkau sudah bersumpah kepada hambamu ini bahwa Salomo akan menjadi raja? Engkau pernah berkata, “Aku berjanji dengan sumpah bahwa anakmu Salomo akan menggantikan aku sebagai raja. Dialah yang akan duduk di takhtaku.” Kalau begitu, mengapa sekarang Adonia menjadi raja?’14Nanti, sementara Ratu sedang berbicara dengan raja, saya akan datang dan menjelaskan bahwa apa yang Ratu katakan itu benar.”15Maka Batsyeba pergi menghadap raja di kamar pribadinya. Waktu itu raja sudah sangat tua dan Abisag sedang melayaninya.16Batsyeba bersujud di hadapan raja, lalu raja bertanya, “Apa yang hendak kamu minta?”17Jawab Batsyeba, “Ya Tuanku, engkau sudah bersumpah kepada hambamu ini demi TUHAN Allahmu dengan berkata, ‘Aku berjanji bahwa anakmu Salomo akan menggantikanku sebagai raja. Dialah yang akan duduk di takhtaku.’18Tetapi sekarang, Adonia sudah mengangkat dirinya menjadi raja, dan itu terjadi tanpa sepengetahuan Tuanku Raja.19Dia sudah mengurbankan banyak domba, sapi, dan anak sapi yang gemuk. Dia juga mengundang semua putra raja, Imam Abiatar, dan Yoab panglima tentara. Tetapi Salomo, hambamu, tidak diundang.20Sekarang seluruh Israel sedang menantikan Tuanku Raja untuk mengumumkan kepada mereka siapa yang akan duduk di takhta setelah engkau.21Kalau Tuanku Raja tidak bertindak, aku dan anakku Salomo akan dianggap sebagai pengkhianat setelah Tuanku meninggal nanti.”22Saat Batsyeba sedang berbicara dengan Daud, datanglah Nabi Natan.23Lalu Daud diberitahu, “Nabi Natan ada di sini.” Waktu Natan masuk, dia bersujud di hadapan raja.24Natan berkata, “Tuanku Raja, apakah engkau pernah mengumumkan bahwa Adonia akan menggantikan engkau dan duduk di takhta Tuanku?25Karena hari ini dia sudah pergi mengurbankan banyak domba, sapi, dan anak sapi yang gemuk. Dia mengundang anak-anak raja, para komandan tentara, dan Imam Abiatar. Saat ini mereka sedang makan minum bersamanya, dan mereka bersorak, ‘Hidup Raja Adonia!’26Tetapi dia tidak mengundang hamba, Imam Zadok, Benaya, dan putramu Salomo.27Apakah Yang Mulia menyuruh semua ini tanpa memberitahu kami siapa yang akan mewarisi takhta Tuanku Raja?”
Bagian: Salomo menjadi raja
28Lalu Daud berkata, “Panggil Batsyeba!” Maka Batsyeba datang dan berdiri di hadapan raja.29Daud pun bersumpah, “Di hadapan TUHAN yang hidup, yang sudah menyelamatkan aku dari semua bahaya,30hari ini, demi nama TUHAN, Allah Israel, aku menepati sumpahku kepadamu. Putramu Salomo akan menjadi raja menggantikan aku, dan dia akan duduk di atas takhtaku.”31Lalu Batsyeba bersujud di hadapan raja dan berkata, “Semoga Tuanku hidup selama-lamanya!”32Kemudian Raja Daud berkata, “Panggil Imam Zadok, Nabi Natan, dan Benaya!” Maka mereka datang menghadap raja.33Kata raja kepada mereka, “Naikkanlah putraku Salomo ke atas bagal betinaku. Lalu bersama para pelayanku, bawalah dia ke mata air di Gihon.34Di sana, Imam Zadok dan Nabi Natan akan mengurapi dia menjadi raja Israel. Lalu tiuplah terompet dan bersoraklah, ‘Hidup Raja Salomo!’35Setelah itu iringilah dia kembali ke istana. Dia akan duduk di takhta saya, karena dia akan menjadi raja menggantikan saya. Saya sudah menunjuknya untuk memerintah atas Israel dan Yehuda.”36Jawab Benaya, “Amin! Biarlah TUHAN, Allah Tuanku Raja, menghendaki demikian!37Semoga TUHAN menyertai Salomo sebagaimana Dia sudah menyertai Yang Mulia selama ini, bahkan semoga TUHAN membuat dia menjadi raja yang lebih besar daripada Tuanku!”38Maka Imam Zadok, Nabi Natan, Benaya, beserta kedua pasukan pengawal Raja Daud membawa Salomo ke Gihon. Salomo mengendarai bagal milik Raja Daud.39Imam Zadok membawa tabung tanduk berisi minyak zaitun yang dia ambil dari kemah TUHAN, lalu mengurapi Salomo menjadi raja. Kemudian beberapa orang meniup terompet dan semua rakyat yang hadir di sana bersorak, “Hidup Raja Salomo!”40Kemudian dengan penuh sukacita, rakyat mengiring Salomo kembali ke Yerusalem sambil memainkan suling. Mereka bersorak sorai dengan sangat riang, hingga tanah pun bergetar karena suara mereka.41Adonia dan semua tamu undangannya mendengar keramaian itu saat mereka baru selesai makan. Ketika Yoab mendengar bunyi terompet, dia bertanya, “Kenapa begitu ramai di kota?”42Sementara Yoab masih berbicara, datanglah Yonatan, anak Imam Abiatar. Adonia berkata, “Masuklah! Kamu orang baik, jadi pasti kamu membawa kabar baik.”43Jawab Yonatan, “Tuan kita Raja Daud baru saja mengangkat Salomo menjadi raja.44Raja Daud sudah menyuruh Imam Zadok, Nabi Natan, Benaya, dan kedua pasukan pengawal raja untuk mengiringi Salomo ke Gihon. Salomo menunggangi bagal milik Daud.45Di Gihon, Imam Zadok dan Nabi Natan mengurapi Salomo menjadi raja. Mereka baru saja pulang dari sana dengan bersukaria. Itulah sebabnya seisi kota bersorak-sorai seperti yang kalian dengar.46Sekarang Salomo sudah duduk di takhta kerajaan.47Bahkan para pelayan raja pun sudah datang untuk mengucapkan selamat kepada Tuan kita Raja Daud. Kata mereka, ‘Kiranya Allahmu membuat Salomo menjadi raja yang lebih terkenal dan lebih besar daripada Yang Mulia!’ Lalu Raja Daud bersujud di tempat tidurnya48dan berdoa, ‘Terpujilah TUHAN, Allah Israel, karena hari ini Dia sudah menyediakan penerus untuk duduk di takhtaku dan mengizinkan aku menyaksikan peristiwa penting ini.’”49Mendengar kabar itu, semua tamu Adonia panik dan pergi meninggalkan tempat itu secepat mungkin.50Adonia takut kepada Salomo. Jadi dia pergi ke kemah TUHAN lalu memegang tanduk di sudut-sudut mezbah kurban untuk meminta perlindungan TUHAN.51Lalu seseorang melapor kepada Salomo, “Adonia takut kepada Yang Mulia. Dia pergi memegang tanduk-tanduk mezbah dan berkata, ‘Biarlah Raja Salomo berjanji untuk tidak membunuh hambanya ini.’”52Salomo menjawab, “Kalau Adonia membuktikan bahwa dia tidak membuat onar dalam kerajaan, saya tidak akan menyakiti dia sedikit pun. Tetapi kalau ternyata dia berkhianat, dia harus mati.”53Kemudian Raja Salomo mengirim beberapa orang untuk menjemput Adonia dari mezbah. Adonia pun datang dan bersujud di hadapan Salomo. Kemudian Salomo menyuruh dia pulang.
World English Bible (dengan Deuterokanonika)
1Now King David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm.2Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king. Let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.”3So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.4The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and served him; but the king didn’t know her intimately.5Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.6His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, “Why have you done so?” and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.7He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.8But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.9Adonijah killed sheep, cattle, and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants;10but he didn’t call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.11Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Haven’t you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn’t know it?12Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life and your son Solomon’s life.13Go 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?’14Behold, while you are still talking there with the king, I will also come in after you and confirm your words.”15Bathsheba went in to the king in his room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.16Bathsheba bowed and showed respect to the king. The king said, “What would you like?”17She said to him, “My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your servant, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’18Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don’t know it.19He has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn’t called Solomon your servant.20You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.21Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.”22Behold, while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.23They told the king, saying, “Behold, Nathan the prophet!” When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.24Nathan said, “My lord, King, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?25For he has gone down today, and has slain cattle, fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest. Behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’26But he hasn’t called me, even me your servant, Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.27Was this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven’t shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”28Then King David answered, “Call Bathsheba in to me.” She came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.29The king vowed and said, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,30most certainly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place;’ I will most certainly do this today.”31Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth and showed respect to the king, and said, “Let my lord King David live forever!”32King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king.33The king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.34Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Blow the trumpet, and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’35Then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place. I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.”36Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, “Amen. May Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say so.37As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”38So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.39Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”40All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with their sound.41Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?”42While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said, “Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.”43Jonathan answered Adonijah, “Most certainly our lord King David has made Solomon king.44The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king’s mule.45Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.46Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.47Moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;’ and the king bowed himself on the bed.48Also thus said the king, ‘Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne today, my eyes even seeing it.’”49All the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and each man went his way.50Adonijah was afraid because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and hung onto the horns of the altar.51Solomon was told, “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon; for, behold, he is hanging onto the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”52Solomon said, “If he shows himself a worthy man, not a hair of his shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”53So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”