. Christian herald and signs of our times . bellion told the startled company whathad occurred, and how Solomon was sit-ting on the throne of the kingdom, andalso the joy of David who had said,Bless-ed be the Lord God of Israel which hath given one to sit on my throne this day,mine eyes even seeing it. And the rebel-lion of Adonijah and his pretensions to thekingdom melted like smoke before thewind. Fear seized upon the guests, theydisappeared before their names could beknown, and Adanijah tied to the taberna-cle, and laid hold of the horns of the altarin terror for his life. Thence Solomon se
. Christian herald and signs of our times . bellion told the startled company whathad occurred, and how Solomon was sit-ting on the throne of the kingdom, andalso the joy of David who had said,Bless-ed be the Lord God of Israel which hath given one to sit on my throne this day,mine eyes even seeing it. And the rebel-lion of Adonijah and his pretensions to thekingdom melted like smoke before thewind. Fear seized upon the guests, theydisappeared before their names could beknown, and Adanijah tied to the taberna-cle, and laid hold of the horns of the altarin terror for his life. Thence Solomon sentfor him and he did obeisance to him andretired to his own house. Thus God un-dertook, civil war was averted, and Godschosen king reigned. But this is not all,God had said of Solomon, 1 have chosenhim to be my son, and 1 will be his over I will establish his kingdom forever if he be constant to do my command-ments and my judgment as at this day. LESSON POINTS. Suggestions and Illustrations for the use ofSunday School gic death of Amnon andAbsalom left Adonijah thenext heir to the he felt sureof suc-ceeding, or had any appre-hension of Solomon being preferred, doesnot appear. However it may have been,he assumed the position of heir-apparentand, like Absalom, set up a chariotand a large retinue of servants. Davidhad become a chronic inv alid and appearedto have lost all interest in public probably knew nothing of Adonijahsproceedings. Apparently he had madeBathsheba a promise at some earlier timethat her son Solomon should be his suc-successor. Bathsheba, alarmed for thesafety of herself and her son in the eventof Adonijah becoming king, by the adviceof Nathan, reminded David of his was not too soon, for Adonijah, too im-patient to wait for his fathers death, wasconspiring to seize the crown and was ac-tually holding a feast of his friends whichwas to -end in his proclamation. EvenJoab who had held aloof fr
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