1 Kings 1

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Adonijah] The eldest sonne then living, 2 Sam. III. 3, 4 Chileab or Daniel, 1 Chron. III. 1. being dead (as Absolon was eldest when he formerly sought the Crowne) begins with a Courtly traine and Lifeguard; as Absolon did. But gets Joab, and Abiathar to joyne with him, in seeking to be King; And that by a fairer way then Absolon did, 2 Sam. XV. 1 King. I.

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En-Rogel] Or the Well of Rogel. This was nigh Jerusalem, East and by South. See Josh. XV. 7. 2 Sam. XVII. 17.

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Gihon] Gihon is a Mount, and a Rivolet, close on the West-side of Jerusalem. See 2 Chron. XXXII. 30. and XXXIII. 14.

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Hornes of the Altar] And so, chap. II. 28. The Altar whereunto Adonijah, and Joab fled, seemes to be not any at Jerusalem, but that with the Tabernacle at Gibeon, 2 Chron. I. 3,—6.