<t /><p class="bodytext">Some time later Absalom managed to acquire<n id="1" /> a chariot and horses, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith,<n id="1" /> was promoting himself,<n id="2" /> boasting,<n id="3" /> &#8220;I will be king!&#8221; He managed to acquire<n id="4" /> chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.<n id="5" />

&#8216;You expected a large harvest, but instead<n id="1" /> there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away.<n id="2" /> Why?&#8217; asks the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all. &#8216;Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house!<n id="3" />