“Adonijah”

November 27, 2018

“Adonijah”

Blessings folk!

David was aged.
David was dying.
His servants had brought in a beautiful virgin to nurse him.

But more was going on behind the scenes.

Who would become King?

Intrigue continued…read as the story develops…

1Ki 1:5-10

Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.”
So he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty men to run before him.

His father had never crossed him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?”
And he was also a very handsome man, and he was born after Absalom.

He had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest;
and following Adonijah they helped him.

But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth,
which is beside En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king’s sons,
and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.

Adonijah was a son of David - the fourth.
He was handsome.
He decided that he should be king.
He exalted himself.

Did you note this phrase…”His father (David) had never crossed him at any time…”
David’s great failure in life was with his family.
Apparently, he did not discipline his children.
This cost him dearly.

Adonijah gathered a group of chariots and horsemen to “run before him.”
He recruited Joab and Abiathar.
They sided with him.

But, many did not side with him…Zadok, Benaiah, Nathan, Shimei, Rei and the might men.

Still Adonijah pressed on.

He held a time of sacrifice and invited everyone…well, nearly everyone.
Nathan, Benaiah, the might men and Solomon were excluded.

The lines were being drawn.
Sides were taken.

All as the King laid dying.
David knew not of this.

Who was the rightful heir?
We have already seen hints…declarations.

…to be continued…

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