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April 9, 2010 finish 2Samuel 1Kings 1-2:18

The place where the angel stopped killing the people was the threshing place of Araunah the Jebusite. David went to him and asked him if he could buy it. Araunah said he would give it to him, but David told him that he would buy it because he couldn't offer God a sacrifice which he hadn't paid for. So David bought the place, built an altar and made burnt offerings to the Lord.

1Kings begins with the end of David's life. By this time he was an old man and couldn't get warm even with blankets piled on him. It was decided that a young virgin needed to be found to lie beside him, keep him warm and take care of him. The young woman they found was named Abishag. She took care of David, but they didn't have sex.

One of David's sons named Adonijah decided that he should be king in his father's place. So he got chariots and men and went to crown himself king. David never asked him what he was doing. He didn't invite Nathan the prophet, David's bodyguards, or Solomon his brother. Adonijah made sacrifices and told everybody he was king. When Nathan heard about it he told Bathsheba. When Bathsheba heard about it she went to ask David to keep his promise to her to make Solomon, their son the king. Nathan came in and asked David if he had made Adonijah king, because he was making alot of sacrifices, and invited many important people except those listed and was that what David meant to happen? David told Bathsheba that Solomon their son would be the next king. So they made Solomon king, blew the trumpet and shouted "Long live King Solomon!" so that the ground shook. Adonijah and his guests heard the noise and asked what was going on. Just then Jonathan came running up with the news that David had just made Solomon king and he told them all that had happened. The guests were very afraid and left as fast as they could. Adonijah was so afraid that he ran to the altar and held on to two corners of it. Someone told Solomon what he was doing and he had them give him a message that if he didn't cause trouble he would not have him killed. The Solomon told Adonijah to go home.

On his deathbed, David gave Solomon his final instructions. He urged Solomon to love God with all his heart, follow His teachings, and obey God so He would keep his promise that the king would always be someone from his family. Then, there were scores to be settled. Joab was not to die peacefully, Barzillai's sons were to be welcome at his table, and Shimei should be killed. Then David died.

Adonijah was up to his old tricks and wanted to marry the young virgin, Abishag in exchange for letting David have the throne. He went to Bathsheba and asked her to ask David for this favor. So she told him she would ask.

Tomorrow read 1Kings 2:19-4:19

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