1 Kings 1:9

En-rogel. well or spring of Rogel. South side of Jerusalem, in the Kidron valley.

the king. Some codices with Syriac, read "and the", &c.

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2 Samuel 13:23-27 ; 2 Samuel 15:11 ; 2 Samuel 15:12 ; 2 Samuel 17:17 ; Proverbs 15:8

⁹ And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel,c and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:

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1 Kings 1:9