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1 Kings 1:5
“Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.”
1 Kings 1:5 in the King James Version
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.Read 1 Kings 1:5 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — 1 Kings 1
So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king didn't know her intimately.
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, "Why have you done so?" and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.
He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
Cross references for 1 Kings 1:5
- 2 Samuel 15:1
It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
- 2 Samuel 3:4
and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
- Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- Exodus 9:17
as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go.
- Deuteronomy 17:15-16
you shall surely set him king over yourselves, whom Yahweh your God shall choose: one from among your brothers you shall set king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. Only he shall not multiply horses to ...
- Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
- 1 Kings 2:24
Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
- Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- 1 Chronicles 29:1
David the king said to all the assembly, "Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.
- 1 Kings 1:11
Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, "Haven't you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn't know it?
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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