Adonijah’s Bid for Power

⁵ Adonijah son of Haggith^(A) kept exalting himself, saying, “I will be king!” He prepared chariots, cavalry, and 50 men to run ahead of him.^{[a](B) 6} But his father had never once reprimanded^[b](C) him by saying, “Why do you act this way?”^(D) In addition, he was quite handsome^(E) and was born after Absalom.^(F)

²⁵ Then King Solomon gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada,^(A) who struck down Adonijah, and he died.