⁴ the fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith; the fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

Adonijah’s Plan. ⁵ Adonijah, the son of Haggith, exulted himself saying, “I will be king.” He had his own chariots and horsemen, and he had fifty men to run in front of him.^[a]

⁶ His father never rebuked him by saying, “Why have you done this?” He was very handsome, and he had been born after Absalom.

² Absalom, the third, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur; Adonijah, the fourth, the son of Haggith;