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The girl was very beautiful; and she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king [a]was not intimate with her.

Then Adonijah the son of [David’s wife] Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I [the eldest living son] will be king.” So [following Absalom’s example] he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.(A) His father [David] had [b]never rebuked him at any time by asking, “Why have you done this?” Adonijah was also a very handsome man, and he was born after Absalom.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:4 Lit did not know her.
  2. 1 Kings 1:6 David’s failure to discipline his sons always resulted in tragedy.

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