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1 Kings 1:4-6
New Catholic Bible
1 Kings 1:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 The young woman was very beautiful, and she cared for the king. She served the king, but he did not have intimate relations with her.
Adonijah’s Plan. 5 Adonijah, the son of Haggith, exulted himself saying, “I will be king.” He had his own chariots and horsemen, and he had fifty men to run in front of him.[a] 6 His father never rebuked him by saying, “Why have you done this?” He was very handsome, and he had been born after Absalom.
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- 1 Kings 1:5 See 2 Sam 3–4: Adonijah, David’s fourth son, had become the eldest son and, therefore, pretender to the throne.