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1 Kings 1:5-10
New Living Translation

Adonijah Claims the Throne

5 About that time David’s son Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, began boasting, “I will make myself king.” So he provided himself with chariots and charioteers and recruited fifty men to run in front of him. 6 Now his father, King David, had never disciplined him at any time, even by asking, “Why are you doing that?” Adonijah had been born next after Absalom, and he was very handsome.

7 Adonijah took Joab son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest into his confidence, and they agreed to help him become king. 8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s personal bodyguard refused to support Adonijah.

9 Adonijah went to the Stone of Zoheleth[a] near the spring of En-rogel, where he sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened calves. He invited all his brothers—the other sons of King David—and all the royal officials of Judah. 10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the king’s bodyguard or his brother Solomon.

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  1. 1:9 Or to the Serpent’s Stone; Greek version supports reading Zoheleth as a proper name.
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1 Kings 1:5-10
Legacy Standard Bible

5 Now (A)Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” So (B)he prepared for himself a chariot and horsemen and fifty men as runners before him. 6 But his father had never [a]grieved him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man in form, and [b](C)he was born after Absalom. 7 [c]And he had conferred with (D)Joab the son of Zeruiah and with (E)Abiathar the priest; and following (F)Adonijah, they helped him. 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 fatlings by the [d]stone of Zoheleth, which is beside (L)En-rogel; and he 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, and (M)Solomon his brother.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit pained him
  2. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit she gave him birth
  3. 1 Kings 1:7 Lit His words were
  4. 1 Kings 1:9 Lit Gliding, Serpent Stone
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