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1 Kings 1:5 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 1 · verse 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.1 Kings 1:5 · King James Version
1 Kings 1:5 in context
3So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
4And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
5Then 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.
6And 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.
7And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AdonijahʼĂdônîyâhAdonijah, the name of three IsraelitesH138 →
- preparedʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- chariotsrekeba vehicleH7393 →
- horsemenpârâsha steedH6571 →
- HaggithChaggîythChaggith, a wife of DavidH2294 →
- exaltedmithnassêʼsupreme exaltationH4984 →
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David had much affliction in his children. Amnon and Absalom had both been his grief; the one his first-born, the other his third, Sa2 3:2, Sa2 3:3. His second, whom he had by Abigail, we will suppose he had comfort in; his fourth was Adonijah (Sa2 3:4); he was one of those that were born in Hebron;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-10