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Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, exalted himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he got himself chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run before him.

And his father had never disciplined him since his childhood, to say, “Why have you done this?” And he was a very pleasant man, born next after Absalom.

And he took counsel from Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and from Abiathar the Priest. And they looked after Adonijah.

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