adoniya · Adonijah

What it means

adoniya (אֲדֹנִיָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Adonijah”.

The name of several men; the best known is the fourth son of David, who tried to become king instead of Solomon (1 Kings 1). It means "my Lord is YHWH."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×22
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1

• 2 Samuel 3:4

  and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

• 1 Kings 1:5

  Now Adonijah son of Haggith was exalting himself, saying, “I will reign.” And he made for himself chariots and horsemen and fifty men running before him.

• 1 Kings 1:7

  And he conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they helped, following Adonijah.

• 1 Kings 1:8

  But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah.

• 1 Kings 1:9

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

• 1 Kings 1:11

  Then Nathan said to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith reigns, and our lord David does not know it?

• 1 Kings 1:13

  Go and go in to King David, and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? So why does Adonijah reign?’

• 1 Kings 1:18

  And now, look, Adonijah reigns; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.

• 1 Kings 1:24

  And Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?

• 1 Kings 1:25

  For he has gone down today and has sacrificed oxen, fatted animals, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, and the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and there they are, eating and drinking before him; and they have said, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

• 1 Kings 1:41

  And Adonijah heard it, and all the guests who were with him, just as they finished eating. And Joab heard the sound of the horn and said, “Why is there the sound of the city in an uproar?”

• 1 Kings 1:42

  He was still speaking, and there came Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest. And Adonijah said, “Come in, for you are a man of worth, and you bring good news.”

• 1 Kings 1:43

  And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, “No, our lord King David has made Solomon king.

• 1 Kings 1:49

  And all the guests of Adonijah trembled and rose up and went each on his way.

• 1 Kings 1:50

  And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he rose and went and held fast to the horns of the altar.

• 1 Kings 1:51

  And it was told to Solomon, saying, “Look, Adonijah fears King Solomon; and look, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put to death his servant with the sword.’”

• 1 Kings 2:13

  Then Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, “Is your coming in peace?” And he said, “In peace.”

• 1 Kings 2:19

  So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her, and sat on his throne and set a throne for the mother of the king, and she sat at his right.

• 1 Kings 2:21

  And she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife.”

• 1 Kings 2:22

  And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom — for he is my brother, older than I — for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

• 1 Kings 2:23

  And King Solomon swore by YHWH, saying, “So may Elohim do to me, and so may he add, for against his own life Adonijah has spoken this word!

• 1 Kings 2:24

  And now, as YHWH lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made for me a house, as he spoke, surely today Adonijah shall be put to death.”

• 1 Kings 2:28

  And the news came to Joab — for Joab had inclined toward Adonijah, though toward Absalom he had not inclined — and Joab fled to the tent of YHWH and held fast to the horns of the altar.

• 1 Chronicles 3:2

  the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;

• 2 Chronicles 17:8

  and with them the Levites Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Joram, the priests.

• Nehemiah 10:16

  Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,