Festive; the dancer, a wife of David and the mother of Adonijah (2 Sam. 3:4; 1 Kings 1:5, 11; 2:13; 1 Chr. 3:2), who, like Absalom, was famed for his beauty.
Haggith
Haggith is remembered as a mother, and mostly for her son. 2 Samuel 3:4 lists her among David’s wives, as the mother of Adonijah, his fourth son. When David was old, Adonijah “exalted himself, saying, I will be king,” and gathered chariots and horsemen. Nathan sent Bathsheba to the king, and Solomon was made king instead. Adonijah later came to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, and Haggith herself never speaks. Her story is told through the son who wanted the throne. Read 1 Kings 1 and 2 for how it unfolded.
5 verses
2 Samuel
2 Samuel 3:4
And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
1 Kings
1 Kings 1:5
Then 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.
1 Kings 1:11
Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
1 Kings 2:13
And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 3:2
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(festive; a dancer), one of David’s wives, the mother of Adonijah. (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Kings 1:6) (B.C. 1053.)