King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsh
Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, a
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and
“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the bapti
“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariot
“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brother