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.
Taču būtu loģiski domāt, ka, tā kā Adonjas vecākie brāļi Amnons un Absaloms — un laikam arī Dāvida dēls Kileābs — jau bija miruši, Adonja kā vecākais no atlikušajiem Dāvida dēliem uzskatīja sevi par likumīgo troņa mantinieku. ( 2. Samuēla 3: 2 — 4; 13: 28, 29; 18: 14 — 17.)