1 Kings 1:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Adonijah, son of Haggith, boasted, “I shall be king!” and he provided himself with chariots, horses, and a retinue of fifty to go before him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:1

After this, Absalom provided himself with chariots, horses, and a retinue of fifty.

2 Samuel 3:4

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

1 Kings 1:11

Then Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother: “Have you not heard that Adonijah, son of Haggith, has become king, and our lord David does not know?

1 Kings 1:4

The girl was very beautiful indeed, and she nursed the king and took care of him. But the king did not have relations with her. Adonijah’s Ambition.

1 Kings 2:13

Adonijah, son of Haggith, came to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. “Do you come in peace?” she asked. “In peace,” he answered,

1 Kings 2:15

So he said: “You know that the kingship was mine, and all Israel expected me to be king. But the kingship passed me by and went to my brother; by the Lord’s will it went to him.

1 Kings 2:24

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

1 Chronicles 28:5

And 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 Lord’s kingship over Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:1

King David then said to the whole assembly: “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced; the work, however, is great, for this palace is not meant for human beings, but for the Lord God.

1 Chronicles 3:2

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

Exodus 9:17

Will you continue to exalt yourself over my people and not let them go?

Proverbs 16:18

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

Proverbs 18:12

Before disaster the heart is haughty, but before honor is humility.

Isaiah 2:7

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

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:14

I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Saying on Children and the Kingdom.

Judges 9:2

“Put this question to all the lords of Shechem: ‘Which is better for you: that seventy men, all Jerubbaal’s sons, rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ You must remember that I am your own flesh and bone.”