However, it is reasonable to conclude that since Adonijah’s older brothers Amnon and Absalom were already dead, as was probably David’s son Chileab, Adonijah thought that he had the right to the throne as the eldest of David’s remaining sons.
لكنَّ اخوي أدونيا الاكبر سنا —‏ امنون وأبشالوم —‏ كانا قد ماتا ،‏ وكذلك على الارجح اخوه كيلآب .‏