1 Kings 1:5
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Adonijah Plots to Become King
5Adonijah, son of Haggith,awas very handsome. His mother gave birth to him after she had Absalom.bAdonijah was boasting that he was king. So he got a chariot and horses and 50 men to run ahead of him.
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- a1:5 Adonijah’s mother was Haggith; his father was David. He was David’s oldest living son.
- b1:5 “very handsome … Absalom.” These words are the last part of verse 6 (in Hebrew). They have been placed at the beginning of verse 5 to express the complex Hebrew sentence structure more clearly in English.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Now Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, put himself forward and said, “I will be king.” So he got chariots and horses ready, with fifty men to run ahead of him.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Adonijah son of Haggith kept exalting himself, saying, “I will be king!” He prepared chariots, cavalry, and fifty men to run ahead of him.
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NLTNew Living Translation
About that time David’s son Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, began boasting, “I will make myself king.” So he provided himself with chariots and charioteers and recruited fifty men to run in front of him.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Now Adonijah the son of Haggith was exalting himself, saying, “I will be king,” so he prepared for himself a chariot and horsemen and fifty men running before him.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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