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1 Kings 1:5-7
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
1 Kings 1:5-7
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
5 Then Adonijah son of [David’s wife] Haggith exalted himself, saying, I [the eldest living son] will be king. And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, with fifty men to run before him.
6 David his father had never in his life displeased him by asking, Why have you done so? He was also a very attractive man and was born after Absalom.
7 He conferred with [a]Joab son of Zeruiah [David’s half sister] and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed Adonijah and helped him.
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- 1 Kings 1:7 The commander of Israel’s army.
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