17 He can take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves can become his servants.

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He conspired[a] with Joab son of Zeruiah(A) and with the priest Abiathar.(B) They supported(C) Adonijah, but the priest Zadok,(D) Benaiah son of Jehoiada,(E) the prophet Nathan,(F) Shimei,(G) Rei, and David’s royal guard[b](H) did not side with Adonijah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:7 Lit His words were
  2. 1:8 Lit David’s warriors

35 Then the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army,(A) and he appointed the priest Zadok in Abiathar’s place.

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