1 Kings 1:5

Modern English Version

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king,” and he assembled chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run before him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:1

After this Absalom acquired for himself a chariot, horses, and fifty men to run before him.

2 Samuel 3:4

and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

1 Kings 1:11

Therefore Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns and David our lord does not know it?

1 Kings 1:4

She was very beautiful and cared for the king and ministered to him, but the king did not know her intimately.

1 Kings 2:13

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, “Do you come in peace?” And he said, “I come peaceably.”

1 Kings 2:15

He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel viewed me as the king. However, the kingdom has become my brother’s, for it was given to him by the Lord.

1 Kings 2:24

Now therefore as the Lord lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father and who has made me a house as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.”

1 Chronicles 28:5

Of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons), He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:1

King David said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great since the palace is not for a man but for the Lord God.

1 Chronicles 3:2

the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;

Exodus 9:17

Still, you exalt yourself against My people by forbidding them to go.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor comes humility.

Isaiah 2:7

Their land also is full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is also full of horses, and there is no end to their chariots.

Luke 14:11

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:14

“I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Judges 9:2

“Please say in the hearing of all of the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, to have all seventy sons of Jerub-Baal rule over you, or for one man to rule over you? Remember that I am your own flesh and bone.’ ”