Adonijah Hears of Solomon’s Coronation

41 Adonijah and all the invited guests who were with him(A) heard the noise as they finished eating. Joab heard the sound of the ram’s horn and said, “Why is the town in such an uproar?” (B) 42 He was still speaking when Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest,(C) suddenly arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in, for you are an important man, and you must be bringing good news.”(D)

43 “Unfortunately not,” Jonathan answered him. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.

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