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Haggith
Haggith was one of the wives of King David and the mother of Adonijah, the fourth son born to David in Hebron. Scripture records only her name.
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- AdonijahPeople
Adonijah was the fourth son of David. In David's old age he attempted to make himself king, but his bid failed when Solomon was installed on the throne, and he was later executed.
- 1 Kings 1Bible
1 Kings 1 recounts how, with the aged David's succession still unsettled, Adonijah attempts to make himself king, and how David, at the urging of Nathan and Bathsheba, has Solomon made king instead.
Verses in the King James Version 5, showing 5
- 2 Samuel 3:4
And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
- 1 Kings 1:5
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
- 1 Kings 1:11
Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath–sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
- 1 Kings 2:13
And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath–sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
- 1 Chronicles 3:2
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
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