A Strange Parallell
Someone called my attention to a scripture the other day that had a familiar ring to it. I Kings, chapter 1 records what happened when King David was about to die. He had many sons, but one of them, Adonijah, decided he’d take the throne. There was just one problem. King David had promised the throne to Bathsheba’s son, Solomon. Adonijah invited Israel’s authorities and his brothers to a banquet to set himself up as king, but he left out…