[NIV] 1 When King David was very old, he could not
keep warm even when they put covers over him. - P22
5 Now Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, put him-self forward and said, "I will be king." So he got chariotsand horses ready, with fifty men to run ahead of him.
6 (His father had never rebuked him by asking, "Whydo you behave as you do?" He was alsovery handsomeand was born next after Absalom. - P23
7 Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and withAbiathar the priest, and they gavehim theirsupport.
8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Na-than the prophet, Shimei and Rei and David‘s specialguard did not join Adonijah. - P23
10 but he did not invite Nathan theprophet or Benaiah or the special guard or his brotherSolomon. - P23
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