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 Abyshag 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 Adonijah is trying to take the throne.

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

Joab, David's advisor and Abhyathar, 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.

Adoniger 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 knows it

too. But he's old, so Adonijah was able to make himself king without it even catching David's

attention. Nathan devises a plan to bring it to his attention in a creative way. He isn't being

manipulative in the

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