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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. 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. [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.

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  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