Then (A)Adonijah the [a]son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will [b]be king”; and (B)he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. (And his father had not [c]rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” He was also very good-looking. (C)His mother had borne him after Absalom.)

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  1. 1 Kings 1:5 The fourth son
  2. 1 Kings 1:5 Lit. reign
  3. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit. pained

Now Adonijah,(A) whose mother was Haggith, put himself forward and said, “I will be king.” So he got chariots(B) and horses[a] ready, with fifty men to run ahead of him. (His father had never rebuked(C) him by asking, “Why do you behave as you do?” He was also very handsome and was born next after Absalom.)

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  1. 1 Kings 1:5 Or charioteers