⁹ Adonijah then sacrificed sheep, cattle and fattened calves at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel.^(A) He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons,^(B) and all the royal officials of Judah,

¹⁸ But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know about it.

¹⁹ He has sacrificed^(A) great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.

³⁹ The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking,^(A) for their families had supplied provisions for them.

⁴⁰ Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies^(A) of flour, fig cakes, raisin^(B) cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy^(C) in Israel.