1 Kings 1:5
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5 Now Adonijah son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” He prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.(A)
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1 Chronicles 22:9
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9 See, a son shall be born to you; he shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; indeed, his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace[a] and quiet to Israel in his days.(A)
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- 22.9 The Heb word for peace is related to Solomon
1 Chronicles 22:10
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10 He shall build a house for my name. He shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.’(A)
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1 Chronicles 28:5-7
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5 And of all my sons, for the Lord has given me many, he has chosen my son Solomon to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.(A) 6 He said to me, ‘It is your son Solomon who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be a son to me, and I will be a father to him.(B) 7 I will establish his kingdom forever, if he continues resolute in keeping my commandments and my ordinances, as he is today.’(C)
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