Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle; partly for a sacrifice; and partly for feasts, that he might engage God to be on his side, and draw a multitude of people after him. By En-rogel, or, the fountain of Rogel, or, of the fuller; a place nigh to Jerusalem: see Joshua 15:7, Joshua 18:16 2 Samuel 17:17. Called all his brethren the king's sons; either because he knew they envied and were discontented with Solomon, and therefore would favour him; or that he might engage them so to do. All the men of Judah the king's servants; except these here excepted, 1 Kings 1:10.
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1 Kings 1:9
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: