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.

Bible References

Exalted

Luke 14:11
For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Luke 18:14
This man, I tell you, went home pardoned, rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, while every one who humbles himself shall be exalted."