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Adonijah

Son of who attempts to claim the throne before .

son of David3 Bible books4 chapters24 verse appearances

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Fourth son of , born at , who exalts himself as king while his father is on his deathbed and gathers and the priest to his side at the stone of Zoheleth. and intervene, and is anointed at Gihon, sending Adonijah's party scattering in fear. He is initially spared but later executed when he asks for the Shunammite as a wife, a request Solomon interprets as a renewed bid for the throne.

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