1 Kings 1:5
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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.At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
In other translations
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.At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
Hebrew words
וַאֲדֹנִיָּהva'adoniyahand AdonijahH138בֶן־ven-[the] son ofH1121חַגִּיתchagitHaggithH2294מִתְנַשֵּׂאmitnase'[was] exalting himselfH5375לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559אֲנִי'aniIH589אֶמְלֹךְ'emlokhI will become kingH4427וַיַּעַשׂvaiya'asand he acquiredH6213לוֹlofor himselfרֶכֶבrekheva chariotH7393וּפָרָשִׁיםufarashimand horsemenH6571וַחֲמִשִּׁיםvachamishimand fiftyH2572אִישׁ'ishmanH376רָצִיםratzim[were] runningH7323לְפָנָיו׃lefanav<to> before himH6440
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Related verses
- 2 Samuel 15:1And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
- 2 Samuel 3:4And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;
- Luke 18:14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- 1 Chronicles 28:5And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
- 1 Kings 1:11Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath–sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?
- Deuteronomy 17:15-1615 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.15 you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers. 16 But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
- Proverbs 16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- 1 Kings 2:24Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
- Luke 14:11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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