Cross references

1 Kings 1:5

At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.

1 Kings 1:5 BSB

1 Kings 1:5 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Samuel 15:1 (7 votes) and 2 Samuel 3:4 (6 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Exodus 9 to Luke 18.

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Which verses does 1 Kings 1:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

  2. his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

  3. Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

  4. you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers. But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

  5. Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?

  6. And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

  7. And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

  8. Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

  9. Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

  10. Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

  11. Isaiah 2:72 votes
  12. Luke 14:112 votes
  13. Luke 18:142 votes
  14. the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

Which verses point to 1 Kings 1:5?

The 10 strongest of 16.