1 Kings 1:24

Good News Translation

Then he said, “Your Majesty, have you announced that Adonijah would succeed you as king?

Cross References

1 Kings 1:23

The king was told that the prophet was there, and Nathan went in and bowed low before the king.

1 Kings 1:25

This very day he has gone and offered a sacrifice of many bulls, sheep, and fattened calves. He invited all your sons, Joab the commander of your army, and Abiathar the priest, and right now they are feasting with him and shouting, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

1 Kings 1:5

Now that Absalom was dead, Adonijah, the son of David and Haggith, was the oldest surviving son. He was a very handsome man. David had never reprimanded him about anything, and he was ambitious to be king. He provided for himself chariots, horses, and an escort of fifty men.