^{24 Ref} Nathan said, My lord, king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?

^{25 Ref} For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, [Long] live king Adonijah.