1 Kings 1:5 - Exposition

Then Adonijah [="Jehovah is my Lord." The fourth son of David, and now apparently the eldest surviving. It seems probable that Chileab, or Daniel ( 1 Chronicles 3:1 ), David's second son, died in infancy. For Amnon's death, see 2 Samuel 13:29 ; for Absalom's, 2 Samuel 18:14 . He must now have been between thirty-three and forty years of age (having been born in Hebron)] the son of Haggith [= "Festive" (Gesen.) "the dancer" (Stanley)] exalted himself, saying [to him self and his confederates], I will be king . [It is not difficult to trace this resolve to its sources. They were