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Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
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Verse 5. Him. He was not deterred by the fate of Absalom. Bible.—He was now the eldest son, and gave himself out for the presumptive heir. Calmet.—David is blamed for some remissness, in not repressing him; (Salien) as his conduct tended to excite confusion, and to frustrate the appointment of God. But the king was convinced that nothing would be able to disturb that order; and he would take measures, in due time, to curb the ambition of his eldest son, from which, as yet, he apprehended no danger. Bible.—Old age renders people slow. Menochius.
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