אֲדֹנִיָּ֫הוּ

2 Samuel 3:4 אֲדֹנִיָּ֣ה Adonijah

his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

1 Kings 1:5 וַאֲדֹנִיָּ֧ה and Adonijah

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.

Here: The name means “my lord is Yah(weh)”. The word order (subject first, before the verb) marks a shift of scene: while David lies cold and feeble (vv. 1–4), Adonijah is on the move. There is quiet irony in a man whose name says “Yahweh is my lord” making himself lord.

1 Kings 1:7 אֲדֹנִיָּֽה׃ Adonijah

So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.

Here: The name means "My lord is Yah(weh)." He was David's fourth son and now the oldest still living, so by birth order he had a strong claim. His name is ironic in a chapter that keeps asking who will be "my lord the king." Here the short spelling -yah is used; elsewhere the text has the longer -yahu.

1 Kings 1:8 אֲדֹנִיָּֽהוּ׃ Adonijah

But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.

1 Kings 1:9 אֲדֹנִיָּ֗הוּ Adonijah

And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.

1 Kings 1:11 אֲדֹנִיָּ֣הוּ Adonijah

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?

1 Kings 1:13 אֲדֹנִיָֽהוּ׃ Adonijah

Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’

1 Kings 1:18 אֲדֹנִיָּ֖ה Adonijah

But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know it.

1 Kings 1:24 אֲדֹנִיָּ֖הוּ Adonijah

“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?

1 Kings 1:25 אֲדֹנִיָּֽהוּ׃ Adonijah

For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

1 Kings 1:41 אֲדֹנִיָּ֗הוּ Adonijah

Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.

1 Kings 1:42 אֲדֹנִיָּ֙הוּ֙ Adonijah

As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”

1 Kings 1:43 לַאֲדֹנִיָּ֑הוּ to Adonijah

“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.

1 Kings 1:49 לַאֲדֹנִיָּ֑הוּ [belonged] to Adonijah

At this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered.

1 Kings 1:50 וַאֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ and Adonijah

But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.

1 Kings 1:51 אֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ Adonijah

It was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”

1 Kings 2:13 אֲדֹנִיָּ֣הוּ Adonijah

Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.

1 Kings 2:19 אֲדֹנִיָּ֑הוּ Adonijah

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.

1 Kings 2:21 לַאֲדֹנִיָּ֥הוּ to Adonijah

So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”

1 Kings 2:22 לַאֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ for Adonijah

King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

1 Kings 2:23 אֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ Adonijah

Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.

1 Kings 2:24 אֲדֹנִיָּֽהוּ׃ Adonijah

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!”

1 Kings 2:28 אֲדֹנִיָּ֔ה Adonijah

When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

1 Chronicles 3:2 אֲדֹנִיָּ֥ה Adonijah

the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

2 Chronicles 17:8 וַאֲדֹ֨נִיָּ֧הוּ and Adonijah

accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

Nehemiah 10:16 אֲדֹנִיָּ֥ה Adonijah

Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,