1 Re 1:5

5 Or Adonija, figliuolo di Hagghith, mosso dall’ambizione, diceva: "Sarò io il re!" E si preparò de’ carri, de’ cavalieri, e cinquanta uomini che corressero dinanzi a lui.

1 Re 1:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:5

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself
This was his mother's name, ( 2 Samuel 3:4 ) ; his father David being old and infirm, and not like to live long, notable to oppose him; and he being the eldest son, and a comely person, was inspired with ambition to set up for king:

saying, I will be king;
though he knew that Solomon was appointed of God, and promised by David, and expected by the people to be king, yet he was resolved to set up himself for king, and try if he could not get himself to the throne; on this he was bent and determined:

and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before
him;
just as Absalom had done, when he had the same thing in view, to make him respectable among the people, see ( 2 Samuel 15:1 ) .

1 Re 1:5 In-Context

3 Cercaron dunque per tutto il paese d’Israele una bella fanciulla; trovarono Abishag, la Sunamita, e la menarono al re.

4 La fanciulla era bellissima, avea cura del re, e lo serviva; ma il re non la conobbe.

5 Or Adonija, figliuolo di Hagghith, mosso dall’ambizione, diceva: "Sarò io il re!" E si preparò de’ carri, de’ cavalieri, e cinquanta uomini che corressero dinanzi a lui.

6 Suo padre non gli avea mai fatto un rimprovero in vita sua, dicendogli: "Perché fai così?" Adonija era anch’egli di bellissimo aspetto, ed era nato subito dopo Absalom.

7 Egli si abboccò con Joab, figliuolo di Tseruia, e col sacerdote Abiathar, i quali seguirono il suo partito e lo favorirono.