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Adonijah holds a sacrificial feast beside the stone of Zoheleth. Solomon and the named excluded supporters are absent.
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1 Kings 1:9-10

The feast at En-rogel

Solomon Becomes King · 1 Kings 1

Story guide: Adonijah's sacrificial feast fills the scene by the stone of Zoheleth, while Nathan, Benaiah, the mighty men, and Solomon are conspicuously missing from the gathering.

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9Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened animals by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel, and he invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

10But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or Solomon his brother.

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