Adonijah
fourth-born son of King David (2SA 3:4)
PersonTribe of Judahmale24 verses
Names
- Adonijah — אֲדֹנִיָּה adoniyah “[my] lord is y-h-v-h” (H138) · Ορνια Ornia — 2 Samuel 3:4
Titles
- King Adonijah — מֶּלֶךְ אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ melek adoniyahu “king Adonijah” (H0138) · βασιλεὺς Αδωνιας basileùs Adōnias “king Adonijah” — 1 Kings 1:25
Associations
- killed by Benaiah (over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, the…) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Adonijah* — 2,955 AH · 1,007 BC · aged 0 — 2 Samuel 3:4
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Birthplace
- Hebron — Birth of Adonijah* (2 Samuel 3:5)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- En-rogel — 1 shared verse
- Geshur — 1 shared verse
- Serpent’s Stone — 1 shared verse
- Shunem — 1 shared verse
Appearances
- 2 Samuel 3:4
- 1 Kings 1:5
- 1 Kings 1:7
- 1 Kings 1:8
- 1 Kings 1:9
- 1 Kings 1:11
- 1 Kings 1:13
- 1 Kings 1:18
- 1 Kings 1:24
- 1 Kings 1:25
- 1 Kings 1:41
- 1 Kings 1:42
and 12 further references.