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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 . |
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