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but Zadok the priest, Jehoiada’s son Benaiah, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s personal elite forces would have nothing to do with Adonijah.

Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fatted cattle by the Serpent Stone[a] near En-rogel,[b] inviting all of his relatives, the king’s sons, and all of the men of Judah who worked for the king, 10 but he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, David’s[c] personal elite forces, or his brother Solomon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:9 Or the stone of Omelet
  2. 1 Kings 1:9 Cf. Josh 15:7; 18:16; 2Sam 17:17
  3. 1 Kings 1:10 Lit. the