OLD TESTAMENT

2 Samuel 3:4

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

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Verse 4. Adonias was slain by Solomon, (3 Kennicott. 2:24. Menochius.) for arrogating to himself the right of the first-born, and pretending that the crown belonged to him. Bible.—The names of his mother, and of those who follow, are barely known. Salien.

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