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| Name | ADONIJAH |
| Aliases | SON OF DAVID / THE SELF-EXALTING PRINCE / WHO WOULD BE KING |
| Status | DECEASED / PUT TO DEATH BY SOLOMON / HIS SECOND GRASP AT THE THRONE FATAL |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THE HANDSOME PRINCE WHO EXALTED HIMSELF |
| Place of Birth | HEBRON | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | JUDAH (HOUSE OF DAVID) | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | SON OF DAVID BY HAGGITH | People | THE HOUSE OF DAVID |
| Occupation | PRINCE / PRETENDER TO THE THRONE | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE HOUSE OF DAVID | Calling | A SON WHO GRASPED AT THE CROWN GOD GAVE ANOTHER |
| Primary Mission | SEIZE THE THRONE BEFORE SOLOMON | Known Signs | THE FEAST AT EN-ROGEL / THE REQUEST FOR ABISHAG |
| Covenant Role | PRETENDER WHOSE AMBITION UNDID HIM | Divine Access | INDIRECT / OUTSIDE THE LORD'S CHOICE OF SOLOMON |
| Divine Encounter Level | INDIRECT | Monarchic Classification | THE PRETENDER PRINCE |
| Covenant Status | OUTSIDE THE PROMISE TO SOLOMON | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | NOT ORDAINED | Threat Assessment | HIS OWN AMBITION / JOAB AND ABIATHAR |
| Mission Status | JUDGED / SLAIN FOR HIS SECOND GRASP | Archive Category | MONARCHY / AMBITION |
How he exalted himself: I WILL BE KING, WITH CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN
The request that cost him his life: GIVE ME ABISHAG THE SHUNAMMITE AS WIFE
The subject, a son of David by Haggith and older than Solomon, exalted himself while his father was old and feeble, saying, I will be king, and got himself chariots, horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
His father had never rebuked him, and he was very handsome. He drew in Joab the commander and Abiathar the priest, and held a feast at En-rogel, inviting the king's other sons but not Solomon, Nathan, or the mighty men.
Nathan and Bathsheba went to David, who swore that Solomon would reign. Solomon was anointed at Gihon amid great rejoicing, and when the sound reached En-rogel, the subject's guests scattered in fear.
The subject fled and grasped the horns of the altar, begging for his life. Solomon spared him on the condition that he prove worthy, and sent him home.
But afterward the subject asked, through Bathsheba, for Abishag the Shunammite, David's last attendant, to be his wife, a claim upon the royal house. Solomon saw in it another reach for the throne and had him put to death.
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- Self-exaltation grasps for what God has given to another, and falls.
- A child never lovingly corrected may grow into ruinous ambition.
- A spared rebel who will not repent only hastens his own end.
