4. The girl was very beautiful. So she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king was not intimate with her.
5. Now Adonijah son of Haggith exalted himself, saying: “I’ll be king!” So he prepared for himself chariots, horsemen and 50 men to run before him.
6. His father had not scolded him at any time by asking: “Why have you behaved this way?” He was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.
7. So he conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the kohen. Following Adonijah, they supported him.
8. But Zadok the kohen, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei and David’s mighty men, were not on Adonijah’s side.