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- His father had never crossed him at any time by asking, "Why have you done so?" And he was also a very handsome man, and he was born after Absalom.
- He had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah they helped him.
- But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
- Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants.
- But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.
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