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1Ki 1:5	Strong Concordance	Then Adonijah [0138] the son [01121] of Haggith [02294] exalted [04984] himself, saying [0559], I will be king [04427]: and he prepared [06213] him chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571], and fifty [02572] men [0376] to run [07323] before [06440] him.
	King James	Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
ADONIJAH USURPS THE KINGDOM. (1Ki. 1:5-31) Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself--Nothing is said as to the origin or rank of Haggith, so that it is probable she was not distinguished by family descent. Adonijah, though David's fourth son (Sa2 3:4; Ch1 3:2), was now the oldest alive; and his personal attractions and manners (Sa1 9:2) not only recommended him to the leading men about court, but made him the favorite of his father, who, though seeing him assume an equipage becoming only the heir-presumptive to the throne (Sa2 15:1), said nothing; and his silence was considered by many, as well as by Adonijah, to be equivalent to an expression of consent. The sinking health of the king prompted him to take a decisive step in furtherance of his ambitious designs.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

ADONIJAH USURPS THE KINGDOM. (1Ki. 1:5-31)

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself--Nothing is said as to the origin or rank of Haggith, so that it is probable she was not distinguished by family descent. Adonijah, though David's fourth son (Sa2 3:4; Ch1 3:2), was now the oldest alive; and his personal attractions and manners (Sa1 9:2) not only recommended him to the leading men about court, but made him the favorite of his father, who, though seeing him assume an equipage becoming only the heir-presumptive to the throne (Sa2 15:1), said nothing; and his silence was considered by many, as well as by Adonijah, to be equivalent to an expression of consent. The sinking health of the king prompted him to take a decisive step in furtherance of his ambitious designs.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The narrative concerning - Abishag, the Shunammite (see the margin reference "a"), is introduced as necessary for a proper understanding of Adonijah's later history (see Kg1 2:13-25.) But even as it stands, it heightens considerably the picture drawn of the poor king's weak and helpless condition, of which Adonijah was not ashamed to take advantage for his own aggrandizement. Adonijah was born while David reigned at Hebron, and was therefore now between thirty-three and forty years of age. He was David's fourth son, but had probably become the eldest by the death of his three older brothers. He claimed the crown by right of primogeniture Kg1 2:15, and secretly to his partisans (compare Kg1 1:10) announced his intention of assuming the sovereignty. It was well known to him, and perhaps to the Jews generally, that David intended to make Solomon his successor Kg1 1:13. To run before him - That is, he assumed the same quasi-royal state as Absalom had done, when he contemplated rebellion Sa2 15:1.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Adonijah seized the opportunity of David's decrepitude to make himself king. Although he was David's fourth son (Sa2 3:4), yet after the death of Ammon and Absalom he was probably the eldest, as Chileab, David's second son, had most likely died when a child, since he is never mentioned again. Adonijah therefore thought that he had a claim to the throne (cf. Kg1 2:15), and wanted to secure it before his father's death. But in Israel, Jehovah, the God-King of His people, had reserved to Himself the choice of the earthly king (Deu 17:15), and this right He exercised not only in the case of Saul and David, but in that of Solomon also. When He gave to David the promise that his seed should rule for ever (Sa2 7:12-16), He did not ensure the establishment of the throne to any one of his existing sons, but to him that would come out of his loins (i.e., to Solomon, who was not yet born); and after his birth He designated him through the prophet Nathan as the beloved of Jehovah (Sa2 12:24-25). David discerned from this that the Lord had chosen Solomon to be his successor, and he gave to Bathsheba a promise on oath that Solomon should sit upon the throne (Kg1 1:13 and Kg1 1:30). This promise was also acknowledged in the presence of Nathan (Kg1 1:11.), and certainly came to Adonijah's ears. Adonijah said, "I will be king," and procured chariots and horsemen and fifty runners, as Absalom had done before (Sa2 15:1). רכב, in a collective sense, does not mean fighting or war chariots, but state carriages, like מרכּבה in Sa2 15:1; and פּרשׁים are neither riding nor carriage horses, but riders to form an escort whenever he drove out. Kg1 1:6 "And (= for) his father had never troubled him in his life (מיּמיו, a diebus ejus, i.e., his whole life long), saying, "Why hast thou done this?" Such weak oversight on the part of his father encouraged him to make the present attempt. Moreover, he "was very beautiful," like Absalom (see at Sa2 14:25), and born after Absalom, so that after his death he appeared to have the nearest claim to the throne. The subject to ילדה is left indefinite, because it is implied in the idea of the verb itself: "she bare," i.e., his mother, as in Num 26:59 (vid., Ewald, 294, b.). There was no reason for mentioning the mother expressly by name, as there was nothing depending upon the name here, and it had already been given in Num 26:5. Kg1 1:7 He conferred (for the expression, compare Sa2 3:17) with Joab and Abiathar the priest, who supported him. אהרי עזר, to lend a helping hand to a person, i.e., to support him by either actually joining him or taking his part. Joab joined the pretender, because he had fallen out with David for a considerable time (cf. Kg1 2:5-6), and hoped to secure his influence with the new king if he helped him to obtain possession of the throne. But what induced Abiathar the high priest (see at Sa2 8:17) to join in conspiracy with Adonijah, we do not know. Possibly jealousy of Zadok, and the fear that under Solomon he might be thrown still more into the shade. For although Zadok was only high priest at the tabernacle at Gibeon, he appears to have taken the lead; as we may infer from the fact that he is always mentioned before Abiathar (cf. Sa2 8:17; Sa2 20:25, and Sa2 15:24.). For we cannot imagine that Joab and Abiathar had supported Adonijah as having right on his side (Thenius), for the simple reason that Joab did not trouble himself about right, and for his own part shrank from no crime, when he thought that he had lost favour with the king. Kg1 1:8 If Adonijah had powerful supporters in Joab the commander-in-chief and the high priest Abiathar, the rest of the leading officers of state, viz., Zadok the high priest (see at Sa2 8:17), Benaiah, captain of the king's body-guard (see at Sa2 8:18 and Sa2 23:20-21), the prophet Nathan, Shimei (probably the son of Elah mentioned in Kg1 4:18), and Rei (unknown), and the Gibborim of David (see at Sa2 23:8.), were not with him. Kg1 1:9-10 Adonijah commenced his usurpation, like Absalom (Sa2 15:2), with a solemn sacrificial meal, at which he was proclaimed king, "at the stone of Zocheleth by the side of the fountain of Rogel," i.e., the spy's fountain, or, according to the Chaldee and Syriac, the fuller's fountain, the present fountain of Job or Nehemiah, below the junction of the valley of Hinnom with the valley of Jehoshaphat (see at Sa2 7:17 and Jos 15:7). E. G. Schultz (Jerusalem, eine Vorlesung, p. 79) supposes the stone or rock of Zocheleth to be "the steep, rocky corner of the southern slope of the valley of Hinnom, which casts so deep a shade." "The neighbourhood (Wady el Rubb) is still a place of recreation for the inhabitants of Jerusalem." To this festal meal Adonijah invited all his brethren except Solomon, and "all the men of Judah, the king's servants," i.e., all the Judaeans who were in the king's service, i.e., were serving at court as being members of his own tribe, with the exception of Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, and the Gibborim. The fact that Solomon and the others mentioned were not included in the invitation, showed very clearly that Adonijah was informed of Solomon's election as successor to the throne, and was also aware of the feelings of Nathan and Benaiah.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Adonijah seized the opportunity of David's decrepitude to make himself king. Although he was David's fourth son (Sa2 3:4), yet after the death of Ammon and Absalom he was probably the eldest, as Chileab, David's second son, had most likely died when a child, since he is never mentioned again. Adonijah therefore thought that he had a claim to the throne (cf. Kg1 2:15), and wanted to secure it before his father's death. But in Israel, Jehovah, the God-King of His people, had reserved to Himself the choice of the earthly king (Deu 17:15), and this right He exercised not only in the case of Saul and David, but in that of Solomon also. When He gave to David the promise that his seed should rule for ever (Sa2 7:12-16), He did not ensure the establishment of the throne to any one of his existing sons, but to him that would come out of his loins (i.e., to Solomon, who was not yet born); and after his birth He designated him through the prophet Nathan as the beloved of Jehovah (Sa2 12:24-25). David discerned from this that the Lord had chosen Solomon to be his successor, and he gave to Bathsheba a promise on oath that Solomon should sit upon the throne (Kg1 1:13 and Kg1 1:30). This promise was also acknowledged in the presence of Nathan (Kg1 1:11.), and certainly came to Adonijah's ears. Adonijah said, "I will be king," and procured chariots and horsemen and fifty runners, as Absalom had done before (Sa2 15:1). רכב, in a collective sense, does not mean fighting or war chariots, but state carriages, like מרכּבה in Sa2 15:1; and פּרשׁים are neither riding nor carriage horses, but riders to form an escort whenever he drove out.

Kg1 1:6

"And (= for) his father had never troubled him in his life (מיּמיו, a diebus ejus, i.e., his whole life long), saying, "Why hast thou done this?" Such weak oversight on the part of his father encouraged him to make the present attempt. Moreover, he "was very beautiful," like Absalom (see at Sa2 14:25), and born after Absalom, so that after his death he appeared to have the nearest claim to the throne. The subject to ילדה is left indefinite, because it is implied in the idea of the verb itself: "she bare," i.e., his mother, as in Num 26:59 (vid., Ewald, 294, b.). There was no reason for mentioning the mother expressly by name, as there was nothing depending upon the name here, and it had already been given in Num 26:5.

Kg1 1:7

He conferred (for the expression, compare Sa2 3:17) with Joab and Abiathar the priest, who supported him. אהרי עזר, to lend a helping hand to a person, i.e., to support him by either actually joining him or taking his part. Joab joined the pretender, because he had fallen out with David for a considerable time (cf. Kg1 2:5-6), and hoped to secure his influence with the new king if he helped him to obtain possession of the throne. But what induced Abiathar the high priest (see at Sa2 8:17) to join in conspiracy with Adonijah, we do not know. Possibly jealousy of Zadok, and the fear that under Solomon he might be thrown still more into the shade. For although Zadok was only high priest at the tabernacle at Gibeon, he appears to have taken the lead; as we may infer from the fact that he is always mentioned before Abiathar (cf. Sa2 8:17; Sa2 20:25, and Sa2 15:24.). For we cannot imagine that Joab and Abiathar had supported Adonijah as having right on his side (Thenius), for the simple reason that Joab did not trouble himself about right, and for his own part shrank from no crime, when he thought that he had lost favour with the king.

Kg1 1:8

If Adonijah had powerful supporters in Joab the commander-in-chief and the high priest Abiathar, the rest of the leading officers of state, viz., Zadok the high priest (see at Sa2 8:17), Benaiah, captain of the king's body-guard (see at Sa2 8:18 and Sa2 23:20-21), the prophet Nathan, Shimei (probably the son of Elah mentioned in Kg1 4:18), and Rei (unknown), and the Gibborim of David (see at Sa2 23:8.), were not with him.

Kg1 1:9-10

Adonijah commenced his usurpation, like Absalom (Sa2 15:2), with a solemn sacrificial meal, at which he was proclaimed king, "at the stone of Zocheleth by the side of the fountain of Rogel," i.e., the spy's fountain, or, according to the Chaldee and Syriac, the fuller's fountain, the present fountain of Job or Nehemiah, below the junction of the valley of Hinnom with the valley of Jehoshaphat (see at Sa2 7:17 and Jos 15:7). E. G. Schultz (Jerusalem, eine Vorlesung, p. 79) supposes the stone or rock of Zocheleth to be "the steep, rocky corner of the southern slope of the valley of Hinnom, which casts so deep a shade." "The neighbourhood (Wady el Rubb) is still a place of recreation for the inhabitants of Jerusalem." To this festal meal Adonijah invited all his brethren except Solomon, and "all the men of Judah, the king's servants," i.e., all the Judaeans who were in the king's service, i.e., were serving at court as being members of his own tribe, with the exception of Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, and the Gibborim. The fact that Solomon and the others mentioned were not included in the invitation, showed very clearly that Adonijah was informed of Solomon's election as successor to the throne, and was also aware of the feelings of Nathan and Benaiah.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Then - Upon notice of the desperateness of the king's disease, and the approach of his death. Exalted - Entertained high thoughts and designs. I will - As the right of the kingdom is mine, Kg1 1:6, so I will now take possession of it. Prepared - As Absalom had done upon the like occasion, Sa2 15:1.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Adonijah the son of Haggith - Who this woman was we know not; Adonijah was evidently David's eldest son now living, and one of whom his father was particularly fond; see Kg1 1:6. Prepared him chariots and horsemen - He copied the conduct of his brother Absalom in every respect. See Sa2 15:1.

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¹ And it came to pass after this [0310], that Absalom [053] prepared [06213] him chariots [04818] and horses [05483], and fifty [02572] men [0376] to run [07323] before [06440] him.

² And he had a son [01121], whose name [08034] was Saul [07586], a choice young man [0970], and a goodly [02896]: and there was not among the children [01121] of Israel [03478] a goodlier [02896] person [0376] than he: from his shoulders [07926] and upward [04605] he was higher [01364] than any of the people [05971].

² The third [07992], Absalom [053] the son [01121] of Maachah [04601] the daughter [01323] of Talmai [08526] king [04428] of Geshur [01650]: the fourth [07243], Adonijah [0138] the son [01121] of Haggith [02294]:

⁴ And the fourth [07243], Adonijah [0138] the son [01121] of Haggith [02294]; and the fifth [02549], Shephatiah [08203] the son [01121] of Abital [037];

¹ And it came to pass after this [0310], that Absalom [053] prepared [06213] him chariots [04818] and horses [05483], and fifty [02572] men [0376] to run [07323] before [06440] him.

¹³ Go [03212] and get thee in [0935] unto king [04428] David [01732], and say [0559] unto him, Didst not thou, my lord [0113], O king [04428], swear [07650] unto thine handmaid [0519], saying [0559], Assuredly [03588] Solomon [08010] thy son [01121] shall reign [04427] after [0310] me, and he shall sit [03427] upon my throne [03678]? why then doth Adonijah [0138] reign [04427]?

¹⁰ But Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030], and Benaiah [01141], and the mighty men [01368], and Solomon [08010] his brother [0251], he called [07121] not.

¹⁵ And he said [0559], Thou knowest [03045] that the kingdom [04410] was mine, and that all Israel [03478] set [07760] their faces [06440] on me, that I should reign [04427]: howbeit the kingdom [04410] is turned about [05437], and is become my brother's [0251]: for it was his from the LORD [03068].

¹³ And Adonijah [0138] the son [01121] of Haggith [02294] came [0935] to Bathsheba [01339] the mother [0517] of Solomon [08010]. And she said [0559], Comest [0935] thou peaceably [07965]? And he said [0559], Peaceably [07965].
¹⁴ He said [0559] moreover, I have somewhat to say [01697] unto thee. And she said [0559], Say on [01696].
¹⁵ And he said [0559], Thou knowest [03045] that the kingdom [04410] was mine, and that all Israel [03478] set [07760] their faces [06440] on me, that I should reign [04427]: howbeit the kingdom [04410] is turned about [05437], and is become my brother's [0251]: for it was his from the LORD [03068].
¹⁶ And now I ask [07592] one [0259] petition [07596] of thee, deny [07725] me [06440] not. And she said [0559] unto him, Say on [01696].
¹⁷ And he said [0559], Speak [0559], I pray thee, unto Solomon [08010] the king [04428], (for he will not say [07725] thee [06440] nay [07725] that he give [05414] me Abishag [049] the Shunammite [07767] to wife [0802].
¹⁸ And Bathsheba [01339] said [0559], Well [02896]; I will speak [01696] for thee unto the king [04428].
¹⁹ Bathsheba [01339] therefore went [0935] unto king [04428] Solomon [08010], to speak [01696] unto him for Adonijah [0138]. And the king [04428] rose up [06965] to meet [07125] her, and bowed [07812] himself unto her, and sat down [03427] on his throne [03678], and caused a seat [03678] to be set [07760] for the king's [04428] mother [0517]; and she sat [03427] on his right hand [03225].
²⁰ Then she said [0559], I desire [07592] one [0259] small [06996] petition [07596] of thee; I pray thee, say [07725] me [06440] not nay [07725]. And the king [04428] said [0559] unto her, Ask on [07592], my mother [0517]: for I will not say [07725] thee [06440] nay [07725].
²¹ And she said [0559], Let Abishag [049] the Shunammite [07767] be given [05414] to Adonijah [0138] thy brother [0251] to wife [0802].
²² And king [04428] Solomon [08010] answered [06030] and said [0559] unto his mother [0517], And why dost thou ask [07592] Abishag [049] the Shunammite [07767] for Adonijah [0138]? ask [07592] for him the kingdom [04410] also; for he is mine elder [01419] brother [0251]; even for him, and for Abiathar [054] the priest [03548], and for Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870].
²³ Then king [04428] Solomon [08010] sware [07650] by the LORD [03068], saying [0559], God [0430] do [06213] so to me, and more also [03254], if Adonijah [0138] have not spoken [01696] this word [01697] against his own life [05315].
²⁴ Now therefore, as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], which hath established [03559] me, and set [03427] me on the throne [03678] of David [01732] my father [01], and who hath made [06213] me an house [01004], as he promised [01696], Adonijah [0138] shall be put to death [04191] this day [03117].
²⁵ And king [04428] Solomon [08010] sent [07971] by the hand [03027] of Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077]; and he fell [06293] upon him that he died [04191].

⁷ And the border [01366] went up [05927] toward Debir [01688] from the valley [06010] of Achor [05911], and so northward [06828], looking [06437] toward Gilgal [01537], that is before [05227] the going up [04608] to Adummim [0131], which is on the south side [05045] of the river [05158]: and the border [01366] passed [05674] toward the waters [04325] of Enshemesh [05885], and the goings out [08444] thereof were at Enrogel [05883]:

¹⁷ According to all these words [01697], and according to all this vision [02384], so did Nathan [05416] speak [01696] unto David [01732].

² And Absalom [053] rose up early [07925], and stood [05975] beside [03027] the way [01870] of the gate [08179]: and it was so, that when any man [0376] that had a controversy [07379] came [0935] to the king [04428] for judgment [04941], then Absalom [053] called [07121] unto him, and said [0559], Of what [0335] city [05892] art thou? And he said [0559], Thy servant [05650] is of one [0259] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478].

⁹ And Adonijah [0138] slew [02076] sheep [06629] and oxen [01241] and fat cattle [04806] by the stone [068] of Zoheleth [02120], which is by [0681] Enrogel [05883], and called [07121] all his brethren [0251] the king's [04428] sons [01121], and all the men [0582] of Judah [03063] the king's [04428] servants [05650]:
¹⁰ But Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030], and Benaiah [01141], and the mighty men [01368], and Solomon [08010] his brother [0251], he called [07121] not.

⁸ These be the names [08034] of the mighty men [01368] whom David [01732] had: The Tachmonite [08461] that sat [03427] in the seat [07675] [03429], chief [07218] among the captains [07991]; the same was Adino [05722] the Eznite [06112]: he lift up his spear against eight [08083] hundred [03967], whom he slew [02491] at one [0259] time [06471].

¹⁸ Shimei [08096] the son [01121] of Elah [0414], in Benjamin [01144]:

²⁰ And Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077], the son [01121] of a valiant [02428] man [0376] [0381], of Kabzeel [06909], who had done many [07227] acts [06467], he slew [05221] two [08147] lionlike men [0739] of Moab [04124]: he went down [03381] also and slew [05221] a lion [0738] in the midst [08432] of a pit [0953] in time [03117] of snow [07950]:
²¹ And he slew [02026] an Egyptian [04713], a goodly [04758] man [0376]: and the Egyptian [04713] had a spear [02595] in his hand [03027]; but he went down [03381] to him with a staff [07626], and plucked [01497] the spear [02595] out of the Egyptian's [04713] hand [03027], and slew [05221] him with his own spear [02595].

¹⁸ And Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077] was over both the Cherethites [03774] and the Pelethites [06432]; and David's [01732] sons [01121] were chief rulers [03548].

¹⁷ And Zadok [06659] the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285], and Ahimelech [0288] the son [01121] of Abiathar [054], were the priests [03548]; and Seraiah [08304] was the scribe [05608];

⁸ But Zadok [06659] the priest [03548], and Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077], and Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030], and Shimei [08096], and Rei [07472], and the mighty men [01368] which belonged to David [01732], were not with Adonijah [0138].

²⁴ And lo Zadok [06659] also, and all the Levites [03881] were with him, bearing [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of God [0430]: and they set down [03332] the ark [0727] of God [0430]; and Abiathar [054] went up [05927], until all the people [05971] had done [08552] passing [05674] out of the city [05892].

²⁵ And Sheva [07864] [07724] was scribe [05608]: and Zadok [06659] and Abiathar [054] were the priests [03548]:

¹⁷ And Zadok [06659] the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285], and Ahimelech [0288] the son [01121] of Abiathar [054], were the priests [03548]; and Seraiah [08304] was the scribe [05608];

⁵ Moreover thou knowest [03045] also what Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] did [06213] to me, and what he did [06213] to the two [08147] captains [08269] of the hosts [06635] of Israel [03478], unto Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369], and unto Amasa [06021] the son [01121] of Jether [03500], whom he slew [02026], and shed [07760] the blood [01818] of war [04421] in peace [07965], and put [05414] the blood [01818] of war [04421] upon his girdle [02290] that was about his loins [04975], and in his shoes [05275] that were on his feet [07272].
⁶ Do [06213] therefore according to thy wisdom [02451], and let not his hoar head [07872] go down [03381] to the grave [07585] in peace [07965].

¹⁷ And Abner [074] had communication [01961] [01697] with the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Ye sought [01245] for David [01732] in times [08543] past [08032] to be king [04428] over you:

⁷ And he conferred [01697] with Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], and with Abiathar [054] the priest [03548]: and they following [0310] Adonijah [0138] helped [05826] him.

⁵ Reuben [07205], the eldest [01060] son of Israel [03478]: the children [01121] of Reuben [07205]; Hanoch [02585], of whom cometh the family [04940] of the Hanochites [02599]: of Pallu [06396], the family [04940] of the Palluites [06384]:

⁵⁹ And the name [08034] of Amram's [06019] wife [0802] was Jochebed [03115], the daughter [01323] of Levi [03878], whom her mother bare [03205] to Levi [03878] in Egypt [04714]: and she bare [03205] unto Amram [06019] Aaron [0175] and Moses [04872], and Miriam [04813] their sister [0269].

²⁵ But in all Israel [03478] there was none [0376] to be so much [03966] praised [01984] as Absalom [053] for his beauty [03303]: from the sole [03709] of his foot [07272] even to the crown of his head [06936] there was no blemish [03971] in him.

⁶ And his father [01] had not displeased [06087] him at any time [03117] in saying [0559], Why hast thou done so [06213]? and he also was a very [03966] goodly [02896] [08389] man; and his mother bare [03205] him after [0310] Absalom [053].

¹ And it came to pass after this [0310], that Absalom [053] prepared [06213] him chariots [04818] and horses [05483], and fifty [02572] men [0376] to run [07323] before [06440] him.

¹¹ Wherefore Nathan [05416] spake [0559] unto Bathsheba [01339] the mother [0517] of Solomon [08010], saying [0559], Hast thou not heard [08085] that Adonijah [0138] the son [01121] of Haggith [02294] doth reign [04427], and David [01732] our lord [0113] knoweth [03045] it not?

³⁰ Even as I sware [07650] unto thee by the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Assuredly Solomon [08010] thy son [01121] shall reign [04427] after [0310] me, and he shall sit [03427] upon my throne [03678] in my stead; even so will I certainly do [06213] this day [03117].

²⁴ And David [01732] comforted [05162] Bathsheba [01339] his wife [0802], and went in [0935] unto her, and lay [07901] with her: and she bare [03205] a son [01121], and he called [07121] his name [08034] Solomon [08010]: and the LORD [03068] loved [0157] him.
²⁵ And he sent [07971] by the hand [03027] of Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030]; and he called [07121] his name [08034] Jedidiah [03041], because of the LORD [03068].

¹² And when thy days [03117] be fulfilled [04390], and thou shalt sleep [07901] with thy fathers [01], I will set up [06965] thy seed [02233] after [0310] thee, which shall proceed [03318] out of thy bowels [04578], and I will establish [03559] his kingdom [04467].
¹³ He shall build [01129] an house [01004] for my name [08034], and I will stablish [03559] the throne [03678] of his kingdom [04467] for [05704] ever [05769].
¹⁴ I will be his father [01], and he shall be my son [01121]. If he commit iniquity [05753], I will chasten [03198] him with the rod [07626] of men [0582], and with the stripes [05061] of the children [01121] of men [0120]:
¹⁵ But my mercy [02617] shall not depart away [05493] from him, as I took [05493] it from Saul [07586], whom I put away [05493] before [06440] thee.
¹⁶ And thine house [01004] and thy kingdom [04467] shall be established [0539] for [05704] ever [05769] before [06440] thee: thy throne [03678] shall be established [03559] for [05704] ever [05769].

¹⁵ Thou shalt in any wise [07760] set [07760] him king [04428] over thee, whom the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall choose [0977]: one from among [07130] thy brethren [0251] shalt thou set [07760] king [04428] over thee: thou mayest [03201] not set [05414] a stranger [05237] [0376] over thee, which is not thy brother [0251].

⁴ And the fourth [07243], Adonijah [0138] the son [01121] of Haggith [02294]; and the fifth [02549], Shephatiah [08203] the son [01121] of Abital [037];

¹ And it came to pass after this [0310], that Absalom [053] prepared [06213] him chariots [04818] and horses [05483], and fifty [02572] men [0376] to run [07323] before [06440] him.