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Now Haggith’s son Adonijah honored himself, saying, “I will be king.” So he made war-wagons and horsemen ready for himself, with fifty men to run in front of him. His father had never troubled him at any time by asking, “Why have you done this?” He was a very good-looking man also, and was born next after Absalom. He spoke with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the religious leader. And they followed Adonijah and helped him.

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Then (A)Adonijah the [a]son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will [b]be king”; and (B)he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. (And his father had not [c]rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” He was also very good-looking. (C)His mother had borne him after Absalom.) Then he conferred with (D)Joab the son of Zeruiah and with (E)Abiathar the priest, and (F)they followed and helped Adonijah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:5 The fourth son
  2. 1 Kings 1:5 Lit. reign
  3. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit. pained