1 Kings 1:5
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.
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.
Note be king: Heb. reign
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Adonijah
- 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:2
- exalted
- 1 Kings 1:11; 1 Kings 2:24; Exodus 9:17; Proverbs 16:18; Proverbs 18:12; Luke 14:11; Luke 18:14
- I will
- Deuteronomy 17:15; Judges 9:2; 1 Chronicles 22:5–11; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 1 Chronicles 29:1
- be king
- Heb. reign. and he.
- Deuteronomy 17:16; 2 Samuel 15:1; Isaiah 2:7