Game of Thrones

Adonijah wanted to be the next 
king of Israel 
By birth, it was his right but there 
were two heavy yokes hanging on 
the neck of his ambition 
The first was his parentage 
He was David's son but his mother 
was not from Israel 
She was from Geshur and as such, she 
was a foreign woman!
The influence of a mother over her 
child is huge 
The Israelites would later see how 
dangerous a foreign queen is under 
the reign of Jezebel but at this time, 
it was not popular to be crowned King 
without the support of both his father's 
tribe and his mother's tribe within Israel
The second hurdle was the King's 
blessings 
As long as David was still alive, he 
needed the King's approval to be crowned 
By this time David was 70 years old but 
very frail 
The Bible recorded that he couldn't walk 
very well anymore and a young virgin named
Abishag had to be recruited to keep
him warm at night 
Adonijah didn't want David to die without 
pronouncing him King 
He made a deal with the palace guards 
to spy on the king every day and give 
him a report about the king's health 
Eventually a day came and he was told 
that the king had become so frail that 
he could not stand up from the 
bed again 
That was the opportunity he had 
been waiting for 
He wanted the King to be so weak 
that he wouldn't be able to summon 
the strength to undo his crowning but 
he also wanted him alive so that he 
can tell the people it was with the 
King's blessings that he was crowned 
king 
He convinced Abiathar, David's minister 
of religious activities, and Joab, 
David's Minister of Defense to back 
his ambition 
They had clandestine meetings to 
firm up their plans 
They decided to follow the course of 
history in order to legitimize Adonijah's 
claim to the throne
David was crowned King in Hebron by 
the men of Issachar 
(Men who had understanding of the 
times) 
Hebron was David's military base after 
he moved back to Isreal from exile 
He ruled Judah for 7 years and 6 months 
from Hebron until the whole of Israel 
was handed over to him by Abner, Saul's
army general who Joab killed maliciously 
several years before then 
Adonijah had set the stage for his 
ascension to royalty carefully 
He got chariots and horses for himself 
and fifty bodyguards and had deliberately 
forged the perception of "crown Prince" in 
the heart of the people
The capital of Israel was Jerusalem 
and Hebron was far away 
They needed a spiritual monument 
Somewhere that can be said to carry 
the presence of God 
Abiathar came up with a fantastic 
suggestion 
Zoheleth, the serpent stone where 
Nehushtan, the copper serpent rod 
Moses made in the wilderness was 
placed 
There was no higher spiritual symbol 
in Jerusalem at the time apart from 
the tent where the ark of covenant was 
placed 
Adonijah went to Zoheleth with Joab 
and Abiathar and started his coronation 
party 
He invited all the other princes and 
relatives from Judah
but he did not invite Nathan the prophet, 
Benaiah -David's Body guard
Shimei, Rei, and Solomon 
There were rumors that Solomon was 
being promoted by some but by age, 
Solomon was not in contention and 
the stench caused by how Solomon's 
mother's became David's wife was 
still being talked about in Israel. 
The moment Prophet Nathan saw what 
was going on, he went to Bathsheba, 
Solomon's mother 
He was the one that delivered the 
message from God to David that 
Solomon's name was Jedidiah! 
The name was prophetic because it 
spoke to the fact that God loves 
Solomon and wanted him to become 
King 
Prophets have a duty to watch over
 the Word of God and see that it came 
to pass 
Nathan and Bathsheba struck a pact 
They know they needed to put pressure 
on the King to act fast before Adonijah 
pronounces himself king and kill all 
his "enemies". 
Hmm!
Bathsheba went to David first and 
presented a case for Solomon based 
on David's promise to her that Solomon 
will be King after him {Prophet Nathan 
came in a few minutes later to remind 
the King of God's word David got the 
message 
He sat up and said "Take my servants 
with you and put my son Solomon on 
my personal mule.
Take him down to the Spring called Gihon, 
once there Zadok the priest and Nathan 
the Prophet should pour Olive oil on him 
and make him king over Israel. 
Blow the trumpet and shout 
"Long live King Solomon. 
Then come back here with him and sit
him on my throne. 
He will rule in my place because he is 
the one i have chosen to be ruler over 
Israel and Judah." 
King David's last royal decree was carried 
out and all the people followed Solomon 
into the city, playing flutes and shouting 
for joy. 
When Adonijah heard the noise
he became curious 
What is going on? He asked                                                                                                  Jonathan, the son of Abiathar 
the priest arrived and told them Solomon 
has been crowned king! 
All of Adonijah's guests scattered 
They had been caught on the wrong 
side of history 
Adonijah ran to the altar to seek refuge 
with God, Joab and Abiathar also 
scampered to safety
 When Solomon was told of Adonijah's 
action, he promised that if Adonijah 
proved himself to be a man of honor, 
his life shall be spared 
Adonijah failed the "man of honor" test a 
few days later 
It cost him his life 
Joab was also killed while Abiathar
was retired from his position in the 
cabinet I Kings 1 

PS: I have seen God's will come to 
pass so many times 
I have also seen man's will come to 
pass 
I do not despise prophecy 
I know God has a plan and the plan 
is for my good 
So I rest on this as I watch and learn 
His ways today!

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