And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Adonias was slain by Solomon, (3 Kings ii. 24.; Menochius) for arrogating to himself the right of the first-born, and pretending that the crown belonged to him. (Haydock)
The names of his mother, and of those who follow, are barely known. (Salien)
