⁵ 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. ⁶ (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.) ⁷ Then he conferred with ^(D)Joab the son of Zeruiah and with ^(E)Abiathar the priest, and ^(F)they followed and helped Adonijah. ⁸ But ^(G)Zadok the priest, ^(H)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, ^(I)Nathan the prophet, ^(J)Shimei, Rei, and ^(K)the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah.

⁹ And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fattened cattle by the stone of ^[d]Zoheleth, which is by ^(L)En Rogel;^[e] he also invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants. ¹⁰ But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or ^(M)Solomon his brother.