2 Kings 3:4
And the fourth Adonias, the son of Haggith: and the fifth Saphathia the son of Abital:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quartus autem Adonias, filius Haggith : et quintus Saphathia, filius Abital.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ὁ τέταρτος Ὀρνεὶλ υἱὸς Φεγγείθ, καὶ ὁ πέμπτος Σαβατειὰ τῆς Ἀβειτάλ,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְהָרְבִיעִ֖י אֲדֹנִיָּ֣ה בֶן חַגִּ֑ית וְהַחֲמִישִׁ֖י שְׁפַטְיָ֥ה בֶן אֲבִיטָֽל
Haydock's commentary
Adonias was slain by Solomon, (3 Kings ii. 24.; Menochius) for arrogating to himself the right of the first-born, and pretending that the crown belonged to him. (Haydock)
The names of his mother, and of those who follow, are barely known. (Salien)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.