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.
KJV
Adonias autem filius Haggith elevabatur, dicens : Ego regnabo. Fecitque sibi currus et equites, et quinquaginta viros qui currerent ante eum.
Vulgate
καὶ Ἀδωνείας υἱὸς Ἁγγεὶθ ἐπῄρετο λέγων Ἐγὼ βασιλεύσω· καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ ἅρματα καὶ ἱππεῖς καὶ πεντήκοντα ἄνδρας παρατρέχειν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/אֲדֹנִיָּ֧ה בֶן חַגִּ֛ית מִתְנַשֵּׂ֥א לֵ/אמֹ֖ר אֲנִ֣י אֶמְלֹ֑ךְ וַ/יַּ֣עַשׂ ל֗/וֹ רֶ֚כֶב וּ/פָ֣רָשִׁ֔ים וַ/חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִ֖ישׁ רָצִ֥ים לְ/פָנָֽי/ו
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14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 2:15 — And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his fro
- 2Sam 3:4 — And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
- 2Sam 15:1 — And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
- 2Sam 15:1 — And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
- Deut 17:16 — But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no
- Prov 17:19 — He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.