SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:5
¶ Entonces Adonías hijo de Haguit se levantó, diciendo: Yo reinaré. Y se hizo de carros y gente de a caballo, y cincuenta varones que corriesen delante de él.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:5
Verse 5. Adonijah the son of Haggith] Who this woman was we know not; Adonijah was evidently David's eldest son now living, and one of whom his father was particularly fond; see chap. i. 6. Prepared him chariots and horsemen] He copied the conduct of his brother Absalom in every respect. See 2 Sam. xv. 1.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 5. Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself , etc.] This was his mother’s name, ( 2 Samuel 3:4); his father David being old and infirm, and not like to live long, notable to oppose him; and he being the eldest son, and a comely person, was inspired with ambition to set up for king: saying, I will be king ; though he knew that Solomon was appointed of God, and promised by David, and expected by the people to be king, yet he was resolved to set up himself for king, and try if he could not get himself to the throne; on this he was bent and determined: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him ; just as Absalom had done, when he had the same thing in view, to make him respectable among the people, (see 2 Samuel 15:1). Ver. 6 . And his father had not displeased him at any time , etc.] Always humoured him in everything, let him have his own way and will, and granted him what he desired, and never corrected him for his faults, or made him ashamed, as the Targum, by telling him of them, and chastising him for them; this was not to the credit of David, being guilty of the same sin with Eli; and on this Adonijah presumed much, that he would not contradict and countermand in this as he had not in other things before: in saying, why hast thou done so ? never so much as asked a reason of his conduct, so far was he from reproving him for it: and he [also] was a very goodly [man] ; of a comely countenance, tall and well proportioned, as his brother Absalom, and which was another thing on which he built his hopes of succeeding in his enterprise; for in those times, as in later times, and other nations, a comely aspect and personable appearance recommended a man to the choice of the people for a supreme magistrate, (see Gill on “ 1 Samuel 9:2”); and [his mother] bare him after Absalom ; not that the same woman bore him as did Absalom; for Absalom’s mother was Maachah, this man’s Haggith; but she bore him after Absalom’s mother had bore him, so that he was next son; and now Amnon, Chileab, or Daniel, and Absalom, being all dead, he was the eldest son living, and upon this he founded his claim to the throne, and his hope of succeeding.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-10 - Indulgent parents are often chastised with disobedient children, wh are anxious to possess their estates. No worldly wisdom, no experience, nor sacredness of character, can insure the continuance in any former course of those who remain under the power of self-love. But we may well wonder by what arts Joab and Abiathar could be drawn aside.
Original Hebrew
ואדניה 138 בן 1121 חגית 2294 מתנשׂא 5375 לאמר 559 אני 589 אמלך 4427 ויעשׂ 6213 לו רכב 7393 ופרשׁים 6571 וחמשׁים 2572 אישׁ 376 רצים 7323 לפניו׃ 6440
