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Adonijah: Son of David and Haggith 2 Samuel 3:4

his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

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Adonijah: Son of David and Haggith 1 Kings 1:5, 6

At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him. / (His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)

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Adonijah: Son of David and Haggith 1 Chronicles 3:2

the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

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Adonijah: Son of David and Haggith: Executed by Solomon 1 Kings 2:13–25

Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied. / Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered. / “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.

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Adonijah: Son of David and Haggith: Usurpation of, and Downfall 1 Kings 1:1

Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.

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