1:5 Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith, 1 was promoting himself, 2 boasting, 3 “I will be king!” He managed to acquire 4 chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard. 5 1:6 (Now his father had never corrected 6 him 7 by saying, “Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom. 8 )
2:23 King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely, 10 if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life! 11
12:12 Jeroboam and all the people reported 17 to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.”
1 tn Heb “son of Haggith,” but since this formula usually designates the father (who in this case was David), the translation specifies that David was Adonijah’s father.
2 tn Heb “lifting himself up.”
3 tn Heb “saying.”
4 tn Or “he acquired for himself.”
5 tn Heb “to run ahead of him.”
6 tn Or “disciplined.”
7 tn Heb “did not correct him from his days.” The phrase “from his days” means “from his earliest days,” or “ever in his life.” See GKC 382 §119.w, n. 2.
8 tn Heb “and she gave birth to him after Absalom.” This does not imply they had the same mother; Absalom’s mother was Maacah, not Haggith (2 Sam 3:4).
11 tn Heb “ground.” Since this was indoors, “floor” is more appropriate than “ground.”
16 tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”
17 tn Heb “if with his life Adonijah has not spoken this word.”
21 tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his hand.”
22 tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his mouth.”
26 tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
27 tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”
28 tn Or “done wrong.”
31 tn Heb “came.”
36 tn Heb “gave.”
37 tn Heb “spoken.”
38 tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.
39 tn Heb “will be poured out.”
41 tn Heb “for this he commanded me by the word of the
42 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
46 tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.
47 sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.
51 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.