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Now Adonijah son of Haggith exalted himself, saying: “I’ll be king!” So he prepared for himself chariots, horsemen and 50 men to run before him. His father had not scolded him at any time by asking: “Why have you behaved this way?” He was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.

So he conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the kohen. Following Adonijah, they supported him.

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