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

Now (A)Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” So (B)he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty men to run before him. His father had never [b]crossed him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man, and [c](C)he was born after Absalom.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:4 Lit know her
  2. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit pained him
  3. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit she gave him birth