Thread by @GbengaWemimo

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 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 everyday 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 Abiatar, David's minister for 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 bid

David was crowned King in Hebron by the men of Issachar
(Men who understand 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 guardShimei, 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 did the same
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

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!