1 Kings 1:5

Adonijah Seeks David's Throne

⁴ Now she was very beautiful; and she took care of the king, waiting on him at all times; but the king had no connection with her. ⁵ Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him. ⁶ Now all his life his father had never gone against him or said to him, Why have you done so? and he was a very good-looking man, and younger than Absalom.

Chariots and Horsemen

Lifted Up

Son of David

Absalom

Adonijah

David

Haggith

2 Samuel 3:4

And the fourth, Adonijah, the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

2 Samuel 15:1

Now after this, Absalom got for himself a carriage and horses, and fifty runners to go before him.

Exodus 9:17

Are you still uplifted in pride against my people so that you will not let them go?

Deuteronomy 17:15-16

Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God: let your king be one of your countrymen, not a man of another nation who is not one of yourselves.

Judges 9:2

Say now in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem, Is it better for you to be ruled by all the seventy sons of Jerubbaal or by one man only? And keep in mind that I am your bone and your flesh.

1 Kings 1:11

Then Nathan said to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, Has it not come to your ears that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king without the knowledge of David our lord?

1 Kings 2:24

Now by the living Lord, who has given me my place on the seat of David my father, and made me one of a line of kings, as he gave me his word, truly Adonijah will be put to death this day.

1 Chronicles 3:2

The third Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, the son of Haggith;

1 Chronicles 22:5-11

And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

1 Chronicles 28:5

And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:1

And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

Isaiah 2:7

And their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their stores; their land is full of horses, and there is no end to their carriages.

Luke 14:11

For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

Luke 18:14

I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.