For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, 'Long' live king Adonijah.
For he cam doun to dai, and offride oxis, and fatte thingis, and ful many weþeris; and he clepide alle þe sones of þe kyng, also Abiathar, preest; and whanne þei eten, and drunken bifor hym, and seiden, Kyng Adonye lyue;