Then Upon notice of the desperateness of the king's disease, and the approach of his death; Adonijah exalted himself Entertained high thoughts and designs; saying, I will be king As the right of the kingdom is mine, (1 Kings 1:6,) so I will now take possession of it. And he prepared him chariots, &c. As Absalom had done upon the like occasion, 1 Samuel 15:1.
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1 Kings 1:5
5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king:b and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.