Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?

1 Kings 1:1-31

Now Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, put himself forward and said, “I will be king.” So he got chariots and horses[a] ready, with fifty men to run ahead of him. (His father had never rebuked him by asking, “Why do you behave as you do?” He was also very handsome and was born next after Absalom.)

Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they gave him their support. But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei and Rei and David’s special guard did not join Adonijah.

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 royal officials of Judah, but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the special guard or his brother Solomon.

Then Nathan asked Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Have you not heard that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has become king, and our lord David knows nothing about it? Now then, let me advise you how you can save your own life and the life of your son Solomon. Go into King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to me your servant: “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’ While you are still there talking to the king, I will come in and add my word to what you have said.”

King David is now an old man. Thoughts turn to his successor. With his three elder brothers dead. Adonijah is heir apparent. He has the backing of Joah, the army commander, and Abiathar, one of the two chief priests. But the throne has been promised to Adonihah's half-brother, Solomon, and see 1 Chronicle. And thanks to some quick thinking by the prophet Nathan, and even quicker action by the old king.

Why?

King David is old and he did not care about his duty to manage his nation. So it let his son has the chance to grab the power.

But everything is under the hands of the Lord, the Lord has promised Solomon as king of Israel, so Nathan does the right thing to prevent Adonijah be king of Israel.

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一派是亞多尼雅，約押

另一派是撒都，拿單

大衛老年身體虛弱，身體無法保暖，無法處理政務。大衛縱容自己的兒子，疏於管教兒女，以致國家有分裂的危機。

大衛優點是肯聽拿單的建解，不忌諱提及他死後的問題。

亞多尼雅的問題是，當時他是當時長子(四子，前面哥哥都死了），繼承王位順理成章，也是俊美之士。這就是人的想法。卻不是神的標準，神用的不是高大優美，有才華，有能力的人。人以為不是的卻是神要使用的。我們就不要用社會一般人的想法。神要使用的是敬畏神，有願意的心。

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How?

This world has so many dirty things and men. Only those who follow the word of the Lord could be blessed!