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Updated: May 12, 2025
He also called for Abiathar the priest, and said to him, "I will not put thee to death because of those other hardships which thou hast endured with my father, and because of the ark which thou hast borne along with him; but I inflict this following punishment upon thee, because thou wast among Adonijah's followers, and wast of his party.
Unhappily, Adonijah's natural bias was made the more dangerous by the atmosphere of the court, where flatterers naturally abounded for "he was a very goodly man," physically a repetition of Absalom, the Adonis of his time.
Our Lord taught us to love even our enemies, and surely competitors have a still stronger claim on our consideration, and certainly all who belong to a church which is based on sacrifice, and symbolised by a cross, should even in such matters deny themselves, and seek every man his neighbour's good. All sin is the worse when it is committed, as Adonijah's was, in defiance of warning.
The old king was roused to a flash of his ancient vigour, confirmed his oath to Bathsheba, and promptly cut the ground from under Adonijah's feet by sending for the three who had remained true to him Nathan, Benaiah, and Zadok and despatching them without a moment's delay to proclaim Solomon king, and then to bring him up to the palace and enthrone him.
'I made haste, and delayed not, but made haste to keep Thy commandments. Let us learn, too, from Adonijah's fiasco, to see the end of a thing before we commit ourselves to it, and to have the work done first before we think of the feast. Nathan and Bathsheba and David all believed that God had willed Solomon's succeeding to the throne.
That David Made Great Preparations For The House Of God; And That, Upon Adonijah's Attempt To Gain The Kingdom, He Appointed Solomon To Reign.
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