Liber Primus Regum

I Regum, chapter 1, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 1 Vulgate

   1 Et rex David senuerat habebat que aetatis plurimos dies; cum que operiretur vestibus, non calefiebat.
   2 Dixerunt ergo ei servi sui: "Quaeratur domino nostro regi adulescentula virgo et stet coram rege et curam eius agat dormiatque in sinu tuo et calefaciat dominum nostrum regem".
   3 Quaesierunt igitur adulescentulam speciosam in omnibus finibus Israel et invenerunt Abisag Sunamitin et adduxerunt eam ad regem.
   4 Erat autem puella pulchra nimis et curam agebat regis et ministrabat ei; rex vero non cognovit eam.
   5 Adonias autem filius Haggith elevabatur dicens: "Ego regnabo!". Fecitque sibi currum et equites et quinquaginta viros, qui ante eum currerent.
   6 Nec corripuit eum pater suus aliquando dicens: "Quare hoc fecisti?". Erat autem et ipse pulcher valde, secundus natu post Absalom.
   7 Et sermo ei cum Ioab filio Sarviae et cum Abiathar sacerdote, qui adiuvabant partes Adoniae.
   8 Sadoc vero sacerdos et Banaias filius Ioiadae et Nathan propheta et Semei et Rei et robur exercitus David non erat cum Adonia.
   9 Immolatis ergo Adonias ovibus et vitulis et pinguibus iuxta lapidem Zoheleth, qui erat vicinus fonti Rogel, vocavit universos fratres suos filios regis et omnes viros Iudae servos regis;
   10 Nathan autem prophetam et Banaiam et robustos quosque et Salomonem fratrem suum non vocavit.
   11 Dixit itaque Nathan ad Bethsabee matrem Salomonis: "Num audisti quod regnaverit Adonias filius Haggith, et dominus noster David hoc ignorat?
   12 Nunc ergo veni, accipe a me consilium et salva animam tuam filiique tui Salomonis.
   13 Vade et ingredere ad regem David et dic ei: Nonne tu, domine mi rex, iurasti mihi ancillae tuae dicens: "Salomon filius tuus regnabit post me et ipse sedebit in solio meo"? Quare ergo regnat Adonias?
   14 Et, adhuc ibi te loquente cum rege, ego veniam post te et complebo sermones tuos".
   15 Ingressa est itaque Bethsabee ad regem in cubiculo; rex autem senuerat nimis, et Abisag Sunamitis ministrabat ei.
   16 Inclinavit se Bethsabee et adoravit regem; ad quam rex: "Quid tibi, inquit, vis?".
   17 Quae respondens ait: "Domine mi, tu iurasti per Dominum Deum tuum ancillae tuae: "Salomon filius tuus regnabit post me, et ipse sedebit in solio meo";
   18 et ecce nunc Adonias regnat, te, domine mi rex, ignorante.
   19 Mactavit boves et pinguia quaeque et oves plurimas et vocavit omnes filios regis, Abiathar quoque sacerdotem et Ioab principem militiae; Salomonem autem servum tuum non vocavit.
   20 Verumtamen, domine mi rex, in te oculi respiciunt totius Israel, ut indices eis quis sedere debeat in solio tuo, domine mi rex, post te.
   21 Eritque, cum dormierit dominus meus rex cum patribus suis, erimus ego et filius meus Salomon peccatores".
   22 Adhuc illa loquente cum rege, Nathan propheta venit;
   23 et nuntiaverunt regi dicentes: "Adest Nathan propheta". Cumque introisset ante conspectum regis et adorasset eum pronus in terram,
   24 dixit Nathan: "Domine mi rex, tu ergo dixisti: "Adonias regnet post me, et ipse sedeat super thronum meum"?
   25 Quia descendit hodie et immolavit boves et pinguia et arietes plurimos et vocavit universos filios regis et principes exercitus, Abiathar quoque sacerdotem; illique vescentes et bibentes coram eo dixerunt: "Vivat rex Adonias!".
   26 Me autem servum tuum et Sadoc sacerdotem et Banaiam filium Ioiadae et Salomonem famulum tuum non vocavit.
   27 Numquid a domino meo rege exivit hoc verbum, et mihi non indicasti servo tuo quis sessurus esset super thronum domini mei regis post eum?".
   28 Et respondit rex David dicens: "Vocate ad me Bethsabee". Quae cum fuisset ingressa coram rege et stetisset ante eum,
   29 iuravit rex et ait: "Vivit Dominus, qui eruit animam meam de omni angustia,
   30 quia, sicut iuravi tibi per Dominum, Deum Israel, dicens: Salomon filius tuus regnabit post me et ipse sedebit super solium meum pro me, sic faciam hodie".
   31 Summissoque Bethsabee in terram vultu, adoravit regem dicens: "Vivat dominus meus rex David in aeternum!".
   32 Dixit quoque rex David: "Vocate mihi Sadoc sacerdotem et Nathan prophetam et Banaiam filium Ioiadae". Qui cum ingressi fuissent coram rege,
   33 dixit ad eos: "Tollite vobiscum servos domini vestri et imponite Salomonem filium meum, super mulam meam et ducite eum in Gihon,
   34 et ungat eum ibi Sadoc sacerdos et Nathan propheta in regem super Israel, et canetis bucina atque dicetis: "Vivat rex Salomon!".
   35 Et ascendetis post eum, et veniet et sedebit super solium meum, et ipse regnabit pro me; illique praecipiam, ut sit dux super Israel et super Iudam".
   36 Et respondit Banaias filius Ioiadae regi dicens: "Amen, sic loquatur Dominus Deus domini mei regis.
   37 Quomodo fuit Dominus cum domino meo rege, sic sit cum Salomone et sublimius faciat solium eius a solio domini mei regis David".
   38 Descendit ergo Sadoc sacerdos et Nathan propheta et Banaias filius Ioiadae et Cherethi et Phelethi, et imposuerunt Salomonem super mulam regis David et adduxerunt eum in Gihon.
   39 Sumpsitque Sadoc sacerdos cornu olei de tabernaculo et unxit Salomonem; et cecinerunt bucina, et dixit omnis populus: "Vivat rex Salomon!".
   40 Et ascendit universa multitudo post eum, et populus canebat tibiis et laetabatur gaudio magno, et insonuit terra ad clamorem eorum.
   41 Audivit autem Adonias et omnes, qui invitati fuerant ab eo; iamque convivium finitum erat. Sed et Ioab, audita voce tubae, ait: "Quid sibi vult clamor civitatis tumultuantis?".
   42 Adhuc illo loquente, Ionathan filius Abiathar sacerdotis venit; cui dixit Adonias: "Ingredere, quia vir strenuus es et bona nuntians".
   43 Responditque Ionathan Adoniae: "Nequaquam! Dominus enim noster, rex David, regem constituit Salomonem
   44 misitque cum eo Sadoc sacerdotem et Nathan prophetam et Banaiam filium Ioiadae et Cherethi et Phelethi, et imposuerunt eum super mulam regis;
   45 unxeruntque eum Sadoc sacerdos et Nathan propheta regem in Gihon. Et ascenderunt inde laetantes, et insonuit civitas; haec est vox, quam audistis.
   46 Sed et Salomon sedit super solio regni,
   47 et ingressi servi regis benedixerunt domino nostro regi David dicentes: "Amplificet Deus nomen Salomonis super nomen tuum et magnificet thronum eius super thronum tuum". Et adoravit rex in lectulo suo.
   48 Insuper et haec locutus est: "Benedictus Dominus, Deus Israel, qui dedit hodie sedentem in solio meo, videntibus oculis meis" ".
   49 Territi sunt ergo et surrexerunt omnes, qui invitati fuerant ab Adonia, et ivit unusquisque in viam suam.
   50 Adonias autem timens Salomonem surrexit et abiit tenuitque cornua altaris.
   51 Et nuntiaverunt Salomoni dicentes: "Ecce Adonias timens regem Salomonem tenuit cornua altaris dicens: "Iuret mihi hodie rex Salomon quod non interficiat servum suum gladio" ".
   52 Dixitque Salomon: "Si fuerit vir bonus, non cadet ne unus quidem capillus eius in terram; sin autem malum inventum fuerit in eo, morietur".
   53 Misit ergo rex Salomon et eduxit eum ab altari, et ingressus adoravit regem Salomonem; dixitque ei Salomon: "Vade in domum tuam".

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
   2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
   3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
   4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
   5 ¶ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
   6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
   7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
   8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
   9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
   10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
   11 ¶ Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
   12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
   13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
   14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
   15 ¶ And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
   16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
   17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
   18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
   19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
   20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
   21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
   22 ¶ And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
   23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
   24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
   25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
   26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
   27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
   28 ¶ Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
   29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
   30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
   31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
   32 ¶ And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
   33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
   34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
   35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
   36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
   37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
   38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
   39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
   40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
   41 ¶ And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
   42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
   43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
   44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
   45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
   46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
   47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
   48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
   49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
   50 ¶ And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
   51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
   52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
   53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.