1 Kings 1:5

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself,.... This was his mother's name, Sa2 3:4; his father David being old and infirm, and not like to live long, notable to oppose him; and he being the…

The narrative concerning - Abishag, the Shunammite (see the margin reference “a”), is introduced as necessary for a proper understanding of Adonijah’s later history (see 1Ki 2:13-25.) But even as it…

Adonijah the son of Haggith - Who this woman was we know not; Adonijah was evidently David's eldest son now living, and one of whom his father was particularly fond; see Kg1 1:6.

Prepared him chariots…

David had much affliction in his children. Amnon and Absalom had both been his grief; the one his first-born, the other his third, Sa2 3:2, Sa2 3:3. His second, whom he had by Abigail, we will suppose…

Adonijah attempts to make himself king (Not in Chronicles)

5. Adonijah, the son of Haggith He seems now to have been the eldest of David's living sons. See the list of them 2Sa 3:2-5. Amnon and…