Chayei Sarah Haftarah

Melachim Alef 1:1-31
1Ki 1:1 And Dawiḏ HaMelech was old, advanced in years. And they covered him with garments, but he could not get warm.
1Ki 1:2 So his servants said to him, “Let them seek for our master the sovereign a young woman, a maiden, and she shall stand before the sovereign and be his companion, and shall lie in your bosom, so that our master the sovereign gets warm.”
1Ki 1:3 And they sought for a lovely young woman in all the border of Yisra’ĕl, and found Aḇishaḡ the Shunammite, and brought her to the sovereign.
1Ki 1:4 And the young woman was very lovely. And she was a companion for the melech, and served him, but the melech did not know her.
1Ki 1:5 And Aḏoniyah son of Ḥaggith exalted himself, saying, “I reign.” And he prepared for himself a chariot and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
1Ki 1:6 Now his father had not worried him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” He was also very good-looking. And he was born after Aḇshalom.
1Ki 1:7 And he talked with Yo’aḇ son of Tseruyah and with Eḇyathar the kohen, and they supported Aḏoniyah.
1Ki 1:8 But Tsaḏoq the kohen, and Benayahu son of Yehoyaḏa, and Nathan the Navi, and Shimʽi, and Rĕʽi, and the mighty men who belonged to Dawiḏ were not with Aḏoniyahu.
1Ki 1:9 And Aḏoniyahu offered sheep and cattle and fatlings by the stone of Zoḥeleth, which is by Ěn Roḡĕl. He also invited all his brothers, the sovereign’s sons, and all the men of Yehuḏah, servants of the melech.
1Ki 1:10 But he did not invite Nathan the Navi, or Benayahu, or the mighty men, or Shelomoh his brother.
1Ki 1:11 Nathan then spoke to Bathsheḇa the mother of Shlomo, saying, “Have you not heard that Aḏoniyahu son of Ḥaggith has become melech, and Dawiḏ our master does not know it?
1Ki 1:12 “And now, come let me give you advice, and deliver your own life and the life of your son Shlomo.
1Ki 1:13 “Go immediately to Dawiḏ HaMelech and say to him, ‘Did you not, my master, O sovereign, swear to your female slave, saying, “Certainly, your son Shlomo shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then has Aḏoniyahu become melech?’
1Ki 1:14 “Look, while you are still speaking there with the melech let me come in after you and confirm your words.”
1Ki 1:15 And Bathsheḇa went into the room to the melech. Now the melech was very old, and Aḇishaḡ the Shunammite was serving the melech.
1Ki 1:16 And Bathsheḇa bowed and did obeisance to the melech. And the melech said, “What do you wish?”
1Ki 1:17 And she said to him, “My master, you swore by יהוה your Elohim to your female slave, saying, ‘Certainly, Shlomo your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’
1Ki 1:18 “And now, look! Aḏoniyah has become melech. And now, my master the melech, you do not know about it.
1Ki 1:19 “And he has offered great numbers of bulls and fatlings and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the melech, and Eḇyathar the kohen, and Yo’aḇ the commander of the army, but he did not invite Shlomo your servant.
1Ki 1:20 “And you my master, O melech, the eyes of all Yisra’ĕl are on you, to declare to them who is going to sit on the throne of my master the melech after him.
1Ki 1:21 “Otherwise it shall be, when my master the melech rests with his fathers, that I and my son Shlomo shall be considered sinners.”
1Ki 1:22 And see, while she was still speaking with the melech, Nathan the Navi also came in.
1Ki 1:23 So they informed the sovereign, saying, “Here is Nathan the Navi.” And when he came in before the melech, he bowed down before the melech with his face to the ground.
1Ki 1:24 And Nathan said, “My master, O melech, have you said, ‘Aḏoniyahu shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?
1Ki 1:25 “For he has gone down today, and has offered great numbers of bulls and fatlings and sheep, and has invited all the melech’s sons, and the commanders of the army, and Eḇyathar the kohen. And look! They are eating and drinking before him. And they say, ‘Let Melech Aḏoniyahu live!’
1Ki 1:26 “But he has not invited me, me your servant, nor Tsaḏoq the kohen, nor Benayahu son of Yehoyaḏa, nor your servant Shlomo.
1Ki 1:27 “If this matter is from my master the melech, then you did not let your servant know who should sit on the throne of my master the melech after him.”
1Ki 1:28 And Dawiḏ HaMelech answered and said, “Call Bathsheḇa to me.” So she came into the melech’s presence and stood before the melech.
1Ki 1:29 And the melech took an oath and said, “As יהוה lives, who has redeemed my life out of all distress,
1Ki 1:30 even as I swore to you by יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘Certainly, Shlomo your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ even so I do this day.”
1Ki 1:31 And Bathsheḇa bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the melech, and said, “Let my master Dawiḏ HaMelech live forever!”