# Adonijah son of Haggith

Haggith was a wife of David. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# exalted himself

"began to boast"

# horsemen

These are men who drive chariots pulled by horses.

# fifty men to run ahead of him

These men would go ahead of the chariots to clear the way for them and protect them.

# had never troubled him, saying

"had never troubled him. He had never even asked him" or "had never wanted to make him angry, so he never even asked him"

# Why have you done this or that?

This is a rhetorical question that a father would ask to discipline his son. AT: "You should know that what you have done is wrong." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# born next after Absalom

David was the father or both Absalom and Adonijah, but they had different mothers. Absalom was born, then Adonijah.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/adonijah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/son]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/exalt]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chariot]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/horsemen]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/absalom]]