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So he conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the kohen. Following Adonijah, they supported him. But Zadok the kohen, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei and David’s mighty men, were not on Adonijah’s side.

Then Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen and fattened cattle by the stone of Zoheleth[a], which is beside En-rogel, and invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants,

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  1. 1 Kings 1:9 Meaning, crawling, or the serpent.