4 She was very beautiful. She cared for the king and served him, but the king didn’t have sex with her.
5 Adonijah, Haggith’s son, bragged about himself and said, "I’ll rule as king myself." He got his own chariot and horses with fifty runners to go in front.
6 Now Adonijah’s father had never given him direction; he never questioned why Adonijah did what he did. He was very handsome and was born after Absalom.
7 He took advice from Joab, Zeruiah’s son, and from the priest Abiathar. They assisted Adonijah.
8 But Zadok the priest, Jehoiada’s son Benaiah, the prophet Nathan, Shimei and his friends, and David’s veterans didn’t join Adonijah.
9 So Adonijah prepared lamb, oxen, and fattened cattle at the Stone of Zoheleth, next to En-rogel. He invited his brothers (the royal princes) and all the citizens of Judah who were the royal servants to come.
10 But he didn’t invite the prophet Nathan, Benaiah, David’s veterans, or his brother Solomon.