Serpent's Stone

The serpent-stone, a rocky plateau near the centre of the village of Siloam, and near the fountain of En-rogel, to which the women of the village resort for water (1 Kings 1:5-9). Here Adonijah (q.v.) feasted all the royal princess except Solomon and the men who took part with him in his effort to succeed to the throne. While they were assembled here Solomon was proclaimed king, through the intervention of Nathan. On hearing this, adonijah fled and took refuge in the sanctuary (1 Kings 1:49-53). He was afterwards pardoned.

Zoheleth projects into or slightly over-hangs the Kidron valley. It is now called ez-Zehwell or Zahweileh.

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KI1 1:9: RV KI1 1:9 · LV KI1 1:9 · Read together KI1 1:9

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OET-RV KI1 1:9

9 Then Adoniyah sacrificed sheep and cattle and fattened calves near the Zohelet stone (which is beside Eyn-Rogel), and he invited all his brothers (the king’s sons), and all the men of Yehudah (Judah) including the king’s servants.

OET-LV KI1 1:9

9 And_ ʼAdoniy^yāh _he/it _sacrificed sheep and_cattle and_fatling near the _stone _of (the) which was_beside En Rogel and_he/it _called DOM all _of brothers _of_his the _sons _of the_king and_to/for_all the _men _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) the _servants _of the _king.

Serpent’s Stone

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