1 Kings 1:7-9

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⁷Adonijah talked with Joab son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest. They decided to help make him the new king, ⁸but several important men did not join Adonijah. They were Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and King David’s special guard.^[a]

⁹One day, at Zoheleth Rock near En Rogel,^[b] Adonijah sacrificed some sheep, cattle, and fat calves as a fellowship offering. He invited his brothers (the other sons of King David) and all the officers from Judah.

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Footnotes

1 Kings 1:8 Shimei, Rei … guard Or “Shimei and his friends, the Heroes.”
1 Kings 1:9 En Rogel A spring of water in the valley south of Jerusalem, about 1/4 mile from Gihon Spring.