{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H138",
  "lemma": "אֲדֹנִיָּה",
  "transliteration": "ʼĂdônîyâh",
  "definition": "Adonijah, the name of three Israelites",
  "kjv": "Adonijah.",
  "occurrences": 26,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H113",
      "lemma": "אָדוֹן",
      "transliteration": "ʼâdôwn",
      "meaning": "sovereign, i.e. controller",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H113"
    },
    {
      "id": "H3050",
      "lemma": "יָהּ",
      "transliteration": "Yâhh",
      "meaning": "Jah, the sacred name",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3050"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אֲדֹנִיָּ֫הוּ (אֲדֹיִּנָה) n.pr.m. (my Lord is Yahweh)",
    "1. fourth son of David",
    "2. a Levite",
    "3. a chief of the people"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 3:4",
      "text": "and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 1:5",
      "text": "Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 1:7",
      "text": "He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 1:8",
      "text": "But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 1:9",
      "text": "Adonijah killed sheep, cattle, and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 1:11",
      "text": "Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Haven’t you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 1:13",
      "text": "Go in to King David, and tell him, ‘Didn’t you, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Assuredly Solomon…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 1:18",
      "text": "Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don’t know it.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 1:24",
      "text": "Nathan said, “My lord, King, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 1:25",
      "text": "For he has gone down today, and has slain cattle, fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=25"
    }
  ],
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