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

amomous 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 Adanaija is trying to take the throne.

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

Joe Ab, David's advisor and Abayathar, one of the priests, are both on board with this.

But the majority of the people in leadership are not 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.

Adaniger 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 be king and David

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