1 Kings 1:5-10

Adonijah Claims the Throne

1 Kings 1:5-10
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Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
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His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, “Why have you done so?” and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.
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He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
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But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
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Adonijah killed sheep and cattle and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants:
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but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he didn’t call.
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