1 Kings 1:5-7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ Now Adoni′jah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king”;^[a] and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. ⁶ His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man; and he was born next after Ab′salom. ⁷ He conferred with Jo′ab the son of Zeru′iah and with Abi′athar the priest; and they followed Adoni′jah and helped him.