1 Kings 1:5
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1 Kings 1:5
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Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." So he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty men to run before him.
1 Kings 1:6
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His father had never crossed him at any time by asking, "Why have you done so?" And he was also a very handsome man, and he was born after Absalom.
1 Kings 1:7
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He had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah they helped him.
1 Kings 1:8
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But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
1 Kings 1:9
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Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the (Or {Gliding} or {Serpent Stone}) stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants.
1 Kings 1:10
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But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.
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