Adonijah: 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:2
exalted: 1 Kings 1:11, 1 Kings 2:24; Exodus 9:17; Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 18:12; Luke 14:11, Luke 18:14
be king: Heb. reign
and he: Deuteronomy 17:16; 2 Samuel 15:1; Isaiah 2:7
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1 Kings 1:5
1 Kings 1:5
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