Adonijah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Adonijah
     my Lord is Jehovah. (1.) The fourth son of David (2 Sam. 3:4).
     After the death of his elder brothers, Amnon and Absalom, he
     became heir-apparent to the throne. But Solomon, a younger
     brother, was preferred to him. Adonijah, however, when his
     father was dying, caused himself to be proclaimed king. But


     Nathan and Bathsheba induced David to give orders that Solomon
     should at once be proclaimed and admitted to the throne.
     Adonijah fled and took refuge at the altar, and received pardon
     for his conduct from Solomon on the condition that he showed
     himself "a worthy man" (1 Kings 1:5-53). He afterwards made a
     second attempt to gain the throne, but was seized and put to
     death (1 Kings 2:13-25).
     
       (2.) A Levite sent with the princes to teach the book of the
     law to the inhabitants of Judah (2 Chr. 17:8).
     
       (3.) One of the "chiefs of the people" after the Captivity
     (Neh. 10:16).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Adonijah, the Lord is my master