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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). Nelson and Sons. : Missing or empty |title= ( help ) Adonijah is a Hebrew name, meaning "Yahweh is my lord". A number of characters in the Bible bear this name. (1.) The fourth son of David (2 Sam. 3:4). After the death of his elder brothers, Amnon and Absalom , he became heir-apparent to the throne. But Solomon , a younger brother, was preferred to him. Adonijah, however, when his father was dying, caused himself to be proclaimed king. But Nathan and Bathsheba induced David to give orders that Solomon should at once be proclaimed and admitted to the throne. Adonijah fled and took refuge at the altar, and received pardon for his conduct from Solomon on the condition that he showed himself "a worthy man" (1 Kings 1:5-53). He afterwards made a second attempt to gain the throne, but was seized and put to death (1 Kings 2:13-25). (2.) A Levite sent with the princes to teach the book of the law to the inhabitants of Judah (2 Chr. 17:8). (3.) One of the "chiefs of the people" after the Babylonian captivity (Neh. 10:16).1
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Adonijah was the fourth son of King David according to the book of Samuel (See: 2 Sam. 3:4), which is contained in the Bible .
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Adonijah was the fourth son of King David and Haggith according to the book of Samuel (See: 2 Sam. 3:4), which is contained in the Bible .
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According to 2 Samuel , Adonijah ( ’Ǎḏōnîyāh , "my lord is Yah ") was the fourth son of King David .His mother was Haggith as recorded in the book of 2 Samuel 3:4 .Adonijah was born at Hebron during the long conflict between David and the House of Saul.
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Fourth son of the Israelite king David For others with the given name, see Adonijah (given name) .According to 2 Samuel , Adonijah ( , ’Ǎḏōnīyyā ; "my lord is Yah ") was the fourth son of King David . His mother was Haggith as recorded in the book of 2 Samuel 3:4 . Adonijah was born at Hebron during the long conflict between David and the House of Saul. In 1 Kings , he briefly proclaimed himself king of Israel during the terminal illness of his father David, before peacefully ceding the throne to his brother Solomon .
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Fourth son of the Israelite king David For others with the given name, see Adonijah (given name) . According to 2 Samuel , Adonijah ( Hebrew : אֲדֹנִיָּה , ’Ǎḏōnīyyā ; "my lord is Yah ") was the fourth son of King David . His mother was Haggith as recorded in the book of 2 Samuel 3:4 . Adonijah was born at Hebron during the long conflict between David and the House of Saul. In 1 Kings , he briefly proclaimed himself king of Israel during the terminal illness of his father David, before peacefully ceding the throne to his brother Solomon .
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