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Haggith
Festive; the dancer, a wife of David and the mother of Adonijah (2 Sam 3:4; 1 Kgs 1:5, 1 Kgs 1:11; 1 Kgs 2:13; 1 Chr 3:2), who, like Absalom, was famed for his beauty.
Named in the Bible
5 verses
- 2 Samuel 3:4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
- 1 Kings 1:5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
- 1 Kings 1:11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
- 1 Kings 2:13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
- 1 Chronicles 3:2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
