1 Kings 1:11
Then spake Nathan unto Bath-sheba mother of Solomon, saying—Hast thou not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith hath become king, and, our lord David, knoweth it not?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10but, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he invited not.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:4And the fourth Adonijah, son of Higgith,—And the fifth Shephatiah, son of Abital;
2 Samuel 12:24And David consoled Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her,—and she bare a son, and called his name, Solomon, and Yahweh loved him.
1 Kings 1:10but, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he invited not.
1 Chronicles 22:9Lo! a son, born to thee, He, shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies, round about,—for, Solomon, shall be his Name, and, peace and quietness, will I bestow upon Israel, in his days;
1 Chronicles 29:1Then said David the king unto all the convocation, Solomon my son, the one, of whom God hath made choice, is young and tender,—and, the work, is great, seeing that, not for man, is the palace, but for Yahweh Elohim.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 1:6-11
Adonijah's Ambition. ( b. c. 1015.) 5 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. 6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of… Read the whole commentary →