1 Kings 1:5-10 - Adonijah Seeks David's Throne
5 And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king. And he prepared himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 And his father had not displeased him at any time, saying, Why have you done so? And he also was very good of form, and his mother bore him after Absalom. 7 And he talked with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest. And they helped Adonijah, following him. 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and David's mighty men, were not with Adonijah.
9 And Adonijah killed sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the Stone of Serpents, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants. 10 But he did not call Nathan the prophet and Benaiah and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.