1Ki 1:5-6 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Kgs 1:5-6: 1:5-6 Adonijah was David’s fourth son . Because his older brothers, Amnon, Daniel, and Absalom, were all dead, Adonijah assumed he would succeed his father . Yet, in keeping with ancient Near Eastern custom, Solomon—the son of David’s favored wife, Bathsheba—was to succeed him as king. David had already communicated this fact to Solomon (1:13 , 17 ; 1 Chr 22:6-10 ). Adonijah’s self-seeking nature, likely encouraged by his father’s lax discipline, surfaced in his declaration, “I will make myself king.”

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‏ 1 Kings 1:5-6

Summary for 1Kgs 1:5-6: 1:5-6 ^a Adonijah was David’s fourth son. Because his older brothers, Amnon, Daniel, and Absalom, were all dead, Adonijah assumed he would succeed his father. Yet, in keeping with ancient Near Eastern custom, Solomon—the son of David’s favored wife, Bathsheba—was to succeed him as king. David had already communicated this fact to Solomon (1:13 ^b, 17 ^c; 1 Chr 22:6-10 ^d). Adonijah’s self-seeking nature, likely encouraged by his father’s lax discipline, surfaced in his declaration, “I will make myself king.”