^{5 Ref} And Adonijah son of Haggith is lifting himself up, saying, `I do reign;' and he prepareth for himself a chariot and horsemen, and fifty men running before him,

^{6 Ref} and his father hath not grieved him `all' his days, saying, `Wherefore thus hast thou done?' and he also `is' of a very good form, and `his mother' bare him after Absalom.

^{7 Ref} And his words are with Joab son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they help after Adonijah;

^{8 Ref} and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty ones whom David hath, have not been with Adonijah.

^{9 Ref} And Adonijah sacrificeth sheep and oxen and fatlings near the stone of Zoheleth, that `is' by En-Rogel, and calleth all his brethren, sons of the king, and for all the men of Judah, servants of the king;

^{10 Ref} and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty ones, and Solomon his brother, he hath not called.