1 Kings 1:5-10

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁵ Adonijah son of Haggith^[a] was pushing himself forward, saying, “I will become king.” He obtained a chariot and charioteers and fifty men to run ahead of him. ⁶ His father had never rebuked him by saying, “Why are you acting like this?”

Adonijah also was very handsome and had been born next in line after Absalom. ⁷ Joab son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest conspired with Adonijah and gave him their support. ⁸ But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, along with Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors, did not join with Adonijah.

⁹ Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and specially fattened calves at the Stone of Zoheleth, which was near En Rogel Spring. He invited all of his brothers, the king’s sons, and all of the king’s officials from Judah. ¹⁰ But he did not invite the prophet Nathan, Benaiah, the elite warriors, or his brother Solomon.