1 Kings 1:5-7

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 ) 1:7 He collaborated ⁹  with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported ¹⁰  him. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 1:11

1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you ¹²  that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back? ¹³ 

1 Kings 1:24-25

1:24 Nathan said, “My master, O king, did you announce, ‘Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne’? 1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment ¹⁴  they are having a feast ¹⁵  in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ ¹⁶ 

[1:5]  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.

[1:5]  ² tn Heb “lifting himself up.”

[1:5]  ³ tn Heb “saying.”

[1:5]  ⁴ tn Or “he acquired for himself.”

[1:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “to run ahead of him.”

[1:6]  ⁶ tn Or “disciplined.”

[1:6]  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.

[1:6]  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).

[1:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “his words were.”

[1:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “helped after” (i.e., stood by).

[1:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Adonijah.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:11]  ¹² tn Heb “Have you not heard?”

[1:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “and our master David does not know.”

[1:25]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “look.”

[1:25]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “eating and drinking.”

[1:25]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”