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Word: adonijah (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...condition that afflicted the original at the beginning of I Kings: "Now King David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat." This time around, the dying leader has more to worry about than just the squabbling between his sons Adonijah and Solomon over who will succeed him. There is his reputation to consider: "I don't like to boast-I know I boast a bit when I say I don't have to boast-but I honestly think I've got the best story in the Bible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The 3,000-Year-Old Man | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

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