Ambition, Destructive
1 Kings 1:5-53
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen…


The principal thing that excited the public hatred, and at last caused the death of Julius Caesar was his passion for the title of king. It was the first thing that gave offence to the multitude, and it afforded his inveterate enemies a very plausible plea.

(Plutarch.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

WEB: Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.




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