7Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they gave him their support.


In Context

4 The girl was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no intimate relations with her.

5 Now Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, put himself forward and said, "I will be king." So he got chariots and horses ready, with fifty men to run ahead of him.

6 (His father had never interfered with him by asking, "Why do you behave as you do?" He was also very handsome and was born next after Absalom.)

7 Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they gave him their support.

8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei and Rei and David's special guard did not join Adonijah.

9 Adonijah then sacrificed sheep, cattle and fattened calves at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah who were royal officials,

1st Kings 1:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped [him. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:7And he conferred with Joab the son of Sarvia, and with Abiathar the priest, who furthered Adonias's side.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:7And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they helped Adonijah and followed him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:7And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah, helped him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7And his words are with Joab son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they help after Adonijah;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.