5Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
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And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-10)David had much affliction in his children. Amnon and Absalom had both been his grief; the one his first-born, the other his third, 2 Sam. 3:2 , 3 . His second, whom he had by Abigail, we will suppose he had comfort in; his fourth was Adonijah (2 Sam. 3:4); he was one of those that were born in Hebron; we have heard nothing of him till now, and here we are told that he was a comely person, and that…
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