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    2 others in the registry answer to the name Adonijah. Every Adonijah in the Bible

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    Adonijah

    אֲדֹנִיָּ֫הוּ

    Adonijah, the fourth son of David, declared himself king when David was old, but Solomon was chosen to succeed David instead, and Adonijah was later put to death for his rebellious actions.

    verses
    24
    first named
    2 Samuel 3:4
    last named
    1 Chronicles 3:9
    period
    United Monarchy
    tribe
    Judah

    Description

    Who was Adonijah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Adonijah was the fourth son of King David, born to him in Hebron (2Sa.3.4; 1Ch.3.2). He was the son of Haggith and was born after Absalom, who had also rebelled against David.

    When King David was old and frail, Adonijah exalted himself, declaring, "I will be king" (1Ki.1.5). He prepared chariots, horses, and fifty men to run before him, and he conferred with Joab, the commander of the army, and Abiathar the priest, who followed and supported him. However, he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon to his coronation (1Ki.1.7-10).

    Nathan, aware of Adonijah's actions, advised Bathsheba, Solomon's mother, to inform David and remind him of his oath to make Solomon king after him. David, upon hearing this, confirmed his choice of Solomon and ordered his anointing and proclamation as king (1Ki.1.11-40).

    When Adonijah and his supporters heard that Solomon had been anointed king, they fled in fear. Adonijah took hold of the horns of the altar, seeking protection. Solomon spared his life on the condition that he would show himself to be a worthy man (1Ki.1.50-53).

    However, after David's death, Adonijah made a request through Bathsheba to be given Abishag the Shunammite, who had been David's companion in his old age, as his wife. Solomon perceived this request as a claim to the throne and ordered Benaiah to execute Adonijah (1Ki.2.13-25).

    Adonijah's story serves as a warning against ambition and rebellion, highlighting the importance of submitting to God's chosen leadership and the consequences of seeking power through illegitimate means.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Adonijah 10 of 31 entities the graph connects to Adonijah, in 2 groups: kinship 3, events 7. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.DavidChild of · 2 events · 964 versesSolomonSibling of · 7 events · 272 versesAbsalomSibling of · 1 event · 92 versesKinshipIsrael1 event · 2,578 versesGiving1 event · 602 versesJoab3 events · 120 versesZadok2 events · 40 versesNathan2 events · 30 versesAbiathar4 events · 29 versesBenaiah3 events · 23 versesEventsAdonijah

    The 10 best-attested of 31 are drawn. All 31 are listed below.

    Child of

    Sibling of

    Stands in the same events as

    and 10 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Adonijah happens The one place the claims about Adonijah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Hebron. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Adonijah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Hebron
    United MonarchyThe one place the claims about Adonijah reach

    The pattern

    Where Adonijah is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 24 verses across 3 of 66 books; 63 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKS2 SAMUEL–1 KINGS23 VERSES53 books and 822 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 24 verses across 3 of 66 books; 63 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKS2 SAMUEL–1 KINGS23 VERSES53 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Adonijah is named in 24 verses — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 63 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 24, across 3 books.

    1. 2 Samuel1 verse

      3:4

    2. 1 Kings22 verses

      1:51:71:81:91:111:131:181:241:251:411:421:431:491:501:512:132:192:212:222:232:242:28

    3. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      3:2

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Eliada and Eliphelet, and 9 moreJerusalem wivesWives David took in Jerusalemvia Nathan and Shammua, and 3 moreBathshebaWife of Uriah, later married David and bore Solomon.via Absalom and Tamar, and 1 moreMaacahDaughter of Talmai; wife of David; mother of Absalomvia Chileab and DavidAbigailWife of Nabal, later married Davidvia Shephatiah and DavidAbitalOne of David's wives; mother of Shephatiahvia Amnon and DavidAhinoamWife of David, from Jezreel; mother of Amnonvia Ithream and DavidEglahDavid's wife and mother of Ithreamvia NathanMattathaAn ancestor of Jesus Christ.via JerimothAbihailMother of Rehoboam's wife Mahalath
    ElsewhereGenealogy of AdonijahEvery ancestor and every descendant the text names, both gospel lines where they differ.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

    What this rests on