1 Kings 1:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Exalted

Luke 18:14

I will

1 Chronicles 29:1

And he

Deuteronomy 17:16

2 Samuel 15:1

Isaiah 2:7

Bible References

Exalted

Then Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king and our lord David does not know it?

And now, as the Lord lives, the One who established me, seated me on the throne of my father David, and made me a dynasty as He promised—I swear Adonijah will be put to death today!”

You are still acting arrogantly against My people by not letting them go.

Pride comes before destruction,
and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud,
but humility comes before honor.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

I will

you are to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses. Appoint a king from your brothers. You are not to set a foreigner over you, or one who is not of your people.

“Please speak in the presence of all the lords of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that 70 men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you or that one man rule over you?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”

David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly great and famous and glorious in all the lands. Therefore, I must make provision for it.” So David made lavish preparations for it before his death.

And out of all my sons—for the Lord has given me many sons—He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the Lord’s kingdom over Israel.

Then King David said to all the assembly, “My son Solomon—God has chosen him alone—is young and inexperienced. The task is great because the temple will not be for man but for the Lord God.

And he

However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

After this, Absalom got himself a chariot, horses, and 50 men to run before him.

Their

land is full of silver and gold,

and there is no limit to their treasures;
their land is full of horses,
and there is no limit to their chariots.