ADONIJAH

ădˌənīˈjə, ədŏnˈəjə, in the Bible, son of David. He sought the throne that David gave to the younger son, Solomon. Perhaps the same as Adonikam, a name in the lists of families.

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books on: Adonijah  - 199 results

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Contemporary One-Act Plays: With Outline Study of the One-Act Play and Bibliographies
Book by B. Roland Lewis; Charles Scribners Sons, 1922
Subjects: Drama, Drama--Collections
ADONIJAH. Uneasily . It is time her father did arrive. CHARLES. Where then hath he been? ADONIJAH. He but went in search of Betty. CHARLES...then we'll wait. He whistles, while ADONIJAH moves uneasily about the room, glancing...
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The Military History of Ancient Israel
Book by Richard A. Gabriel; Praeger, 2003
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Pentateuch--History Of Biblical Events, Jews--Wars, Military Art And Science--History--To 500, Military History In The Bible, Palestine--History, Military
...the court split into two factions. Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and...priest Abiathar, and they supported Adonijah; but the priest Zadok, the prophet...Davids own fighting men did not side with Adonijah. 10 As events progressed, news reached...
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The History of Ancient Palestine
Book by Gosta W. Ahlstrom; Fortress Press, 1993
Subjects: Bible--O.T--History Of Biblical Events, Bronze Age--Palestine, Excavations (Archaeology)--Palestine, Jews--History--To 70 A.D, Palestine--Antiquities, Palestine--History--To 70 A.D
...incompetent and impotent man about whose opinion Adonijah did not need to care. The point is that Adonijah did not give any consideration to the words...who the chosen heir to the throne was. Adonijah and his followers, like everyone else in...
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Revised Standard Version
Book by Not Cited; Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1952
Subjects: Bible--English--Revised English--1952
...him; but the king knew her not. 5 Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself...Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him. 8 But Zadok the priest...and Davids mighty men were not with Adonijah. 9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen...
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Dictionary of World Biography: The Ancient World - Vol. 1
Book by Frank N. Magill; Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998
Subjects: World History
...Solomon, Davids eldest surviving son, Adonijah, harbored the ambition to be king...him to secure the throne for himself, Adonijah needed allies. Through intrigue, he...Bathsheba. To have any hope of success, Adonijah, then, had to act boldly before Solomon...
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journal articles on: Adonijah  - 22 results

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Flight of the Fugitives: Rethinking the Relationship between Biblical Law (Exodus 21:12-14) and the Davidic Succession Narrative (1 Kings 1-2)
Journal article by Jonathan Burnside; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 129, 2010
Subjects: Fugitives, Political asylum
...Burnside The flight of the fugitives Adonijah and Joab to the "altar of the Lord...are scholars who see the narratives of Adonijah and Joab as straightforward applications...Whitelam).2 However, the Joab and Adonijah narratives could be straightforward examples...
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The Wisdom of Solomon as Political Theology
Journal article by Vladimir Wozniuk; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 39, 1997
Subjects: Bible, Exegesis & hermeneutics, Politics, Succession planning, Theology
...favorite" son Absalom, as well as Adonijah and the much younger Solomon.ls It...was becoming precarious, inasmuch as Adonijah, Davids fourth son, was next in line...displays, the narrative intends those of Adonijah to be understood as more than mere political...
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"Unprepared for Sudden Transformations": Identity and Politics in 'Melmoth the Wanderer
Journal article by Joseph W. Lew; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 26, 1994
Subjects: Gothic revival (Literature)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Imperialism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Maturin, Charles--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Melmoth the Wanderer (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Romanticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...in the underground library-cell of Adonijah who, like Ahauseurus (the Wandering...allotted human lifespan; unlike them, Adonijah remains in one spot, having vowed to...of Melmoths ecumenical temptations. Adonijah is a philosopher in the older sense of...
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Who Were the Bushwhackers? Age, Class, Kin, and Western Virginia's Confederate Guerrillas, 1861-1862
Journal article by Kenneth W. Noe; Civil War History, Vol. 49, 2003
Subjects: Civil war--History, Civil war--New York, Civil war--Ohio, Civil war--Virginia, Guerrillas--History, Hayes, Rutherford B.--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Ohio Historical Society, United States. National Archives and Records Administration--Services
...Allen N. Cassell, Robert W. Cassell, Adonijah Lambert, Elijah Nelson, and Willis...Braxton 68 not in census Lambert, Adonijah Pendleton DL3 38 Lusher, Leander Fayette...in census Lake, James B. Lambert, Adonijah 3 $0 Lusher, Leander 3 $0 Martin...
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"Servility and Comamnd": Authorship in 'Melmoth the Wanderer.'
Journal article by Regina B. Oost; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 31, 1995
Subjects: Drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Romanticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...alone; he joins other storytellers in the novel (Moncada, Adonijah, Stanton, even the Wanderer himself) compelled to narrate...skeletons like Immalees were preserved in the vault of the Jew Adonijah in Madrid. He added, that the circumstances relating to them...
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magazine articles on: Adonijah  - 1 result

 
 
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The Hidden Book in the Bible
Magazine article by Tim Callahan; Skeptic, Vol. 7, 1999
...History Solomon first supplants (1 Kgs. 1:33-50) then executes (2 Kgs. 2:23-25) his older half brother and rival Adonijah. Friedman calls the restored document In the Day, using the ancient Near East formula which names a document after its opening...


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newspaper articles on: Adonijah  - 4 results

 
 
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A Drive through Huntley's Past Historians' Research Gets New Streets Named after Early Village Residents
Newspaper article by Elizabeth Harmon; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 9, 2005
...served as a nurse during the Spanish American War. Blanchard: Adonijah Blanchard owned a cheese factory and was a horse dealer. He...and county in 2003. Nash: A.W. Nash owned the farm where Adonijah Blanchard ran his cheese factory. Pearsall: Ben Pearsall...
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John Bentley Memorial Prize
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), November 22, 2006
...David Lee Prothero, Oliver Riches, Ian Robson, Daniel Rossati, Morten Rougne, Scott Rutter, Clare Slusar, Nathaniel Loy Adonijah Smith, Peter Christopher Martin Spence, Karin Thain, Benjamin Michael Thomas, Thomas Andrew Thursfield, James Turner...
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Tuesday, November 21 Morning Ceremony (10.15Am) Continued
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), November 21, 2006
...David Lee Prothero, Oliver Riches, Ian Robson, Daniel Rossati, Morten Rougne, Scott Rutter, Clare Slusar, Nathaniel Loy Adonijah Smith, Peter Christopher Martin Spence, Karin Thain, Benjamin Michael Thomas, Thomas Andrew Thursfield, James Turner...
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From Cow Pen to Palace; Answers to Correspondents
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 27, 2004
...after Davids death, Zadok supported Solomon, Davids son by Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite, while Abiathar supported Adonijah, Davids fourth son by Haggith, and apparent heir after the death of Absalom. Abiathars aspirations were frustrated by the...


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encyclopedia articles on: Adonijah  - 5 results

 
 
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Adonijah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ADONIJAH ad ni j , don j , in the Bible, son of David. He sought the throne that David gave to the younger son, Solomon. Perhaps the...
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Haggith
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HAGGITH hag ith, in the Bible, mother of Adonijah 1. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Abiathar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the only one of his family who escaped massacre by Doeg. He fled to David, to whom he remained loyal. Later he sided with Adonijah against Solomon, who took away his priesthood. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Joab
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and cruel, as in his killing of Abner, Absalom, and Amasa. Davids dying curse on Joab is remarkable. For his support of Adonijah, Solomon had him put to death. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
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David , in the Bible
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Davids son by Bath-sheba, Solomon , is nominated king and successor by David, though this was challenged by another son Adonijah . Nevertheless, David remains the model for subsequent monarchs of Israel. Davids musical skill became proverbial, and many...


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