ADONIJAH SETS HIMSELF UP AS KING

Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King. Then Adonijah the son of [David’s wife] Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I [the eldest living son] will be king.” So [following Absalom’s example] he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

DAVID’S CHILD DIES HE ACCEPTING THE LORD’S JUDGMENT

David’s Child Dies he Accepting The Lord’s Judgment. David said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I thought, ‘Who knows, the LORD may be gracious to me and the child may live.’But now he is dead; why should I [continue to] fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him [when I die], but he will not return to me.”