OLD TESTAMENT

1 Kings 1:9

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Adonijah killed sheep, cattle, and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants;

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Verse 9. Slain. Either for sacrifice, or simply for a feast; ( Calmet.) though it is probable that victims of peace would be offered, as on similar occasions, on which the guests would afterwards feast. 1 Kennicott. 11. Bible.—Rogel, east of Jerusalem, in the vale of Josaphat. Menochius.

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