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Adonija, fils de Haggith, se laissa emporter par l'orgueil jusqu'à dire: C'est moi qui serai roi! Et il se procura un char et des cavaliers, et cinquante hommes qui couraient devant lui.

Son père ne lui avait de sa vie fait un reproche, en lui disant: Pourquoi agis-tu ainsi? Adonija était, en outre, très beau de figure, et il était né après Absalom.

Il eut un entretien avec Joab, fils de Tseruja, et avec le sacrificateur Abiathar; et ils embrassèrent son parti.

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Adonijah’s Bid for Power

Adonijah son of Haggith(A) kept exalting himself, saying, “I will be king!” He prepared chariots, cavalry, and fifty men to run ahead of him.[a](B) But his father had never once infuriated(C) him by asking, “Why did you do that?” (D) In addition, he was quite handsome(E) and was born after Absalom.(F) He conspired[b] with Joab son of Zeruiah(G) and with the priest Abiathar.(H) They supported(I) Adonijah,

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Footnotes

  1. 1:5 Heralds announcing his procession
  2. 1:7 Lit His words were

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

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