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Now Adoni′jah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king”;[a] and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

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  1. 1.5 There was as yet no natural right of succession and David had already given the right to Solomon, a younger son; cf. verse 13.

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