Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

ADONIJAH (Heb. Adoniyyah or Adoniyyah...

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 212 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

ADONIJAH (Heb. Adoniyyah or Adoniyyahu, " Yah is See also:Lord ")  , a name See also:borne by several persons in the Old Testament, the most noteworthy of whom was the See also:fourth son of See also:David . He was See also:born to Haggith at See also:Hebron (2 Sam. iii . 4; 1 Ch. iii . 2) . The natural See also:heir to the See also:throne, on the See also:death of See also:Absalom, he sought with the help of See also:Joab and See also:Abiathar to seize his See also:birth-right, and made arrangements for his See also:coronation (1 See also:Kings i . 5 ff.) . See also:Hearing, however, that See also:Solomon, with the help of Nathan the See also:prophet and Bathsheba, and apparently with the consent of David, had ascended the throne, he fled for safety to the horns of the See also:altar . Solomon spared him on this occasion (1 Kings i. so ff.), but later commanded Benaiah to slay him (ii . 13 ff.), because with the approval of Bathsheba he wished to marry Abishag, formerly David's concubine, and thus seemed to have designs on the throne .

End of Article: ADONIJAH (Heb. Adoniyyah or Adoniyyahu, " Yah is Lord ")
[back]
ADONI
[next]
ADONIS

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.