Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

Two days ago we read the chronicler's account of David's death, but today we caught up on

some of the drama that the Chronicles didn't include in that narrative.

Let's jump in.

David is old and has bad circulation and electric blankets still don't exist, so they figure

the best way to keep him warm is to bring in a young woman whose sole job is to act

as a human hot water bottle.

Not the job description I'd want.

So they bring Abishag to him, but scripture is clear on the fact that nothing sketchy

is happening, even though the situation is for sure weird.

Meanwhile, what we have to remember is that despite what we've already read in Chronicles,

Solomon hasn't been anointed king in this book yet.

All we know is David is close to death and one of his sons is supposed to succeed him.

This is the hard part about reading two different books back to back.

When we start out, David's other son Adonija is trying to take the throne.

Adonija is his oldest living son, so it's a natural assumption that he'll succeed David.

Joab, David's advisor and a biothar, one of the priests, are both on board with this.

But the majority of the people in leadership are not on board, including Nathan the Prophet

and Zadok, the other high priest.

Adonija rides his horses and chariots through town, which is kind of like declaring himself

king, and then he offers a public sacrifice and only invites the people who don't oppose him.

Meanwhile, Nathan the Prophet and Bathsheba both know that God has appointed Solomon to

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