⁷ Then he conferred with ^(A)Joab the son of Zeruiah and with ^(B)Abiathar the priest, and ^(C)they followed and helped Adonijah. ⁸ But ^(D)Zadok the priest, ^(E)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, ^(F)Nathan the prophet, ^(G)Shimei, Rei, and ^(H)the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah.

⁹ And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fattened cattle by the stone of ^[a]Zoheleth, which is by ^(I)En Rogel;^[b] he also invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

^25 (A)For he has gone down today, and has sacrificed oxen and fattened cattle and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, and the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and look! They are eating and drinking before him; and they say, ^(B)‘Long^[a] live King Adonijah!’