Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

priest.
The rebellion was ready. The conspirators had assembled at a
great feast to proclaim Adonijah king, when their plans were
defeated by the prompt action of Zadok the priest, Nathan the
prophet, and Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. They told the king
about the situation, reminding him that God had said that Solomon
should come to the throne next. David at once abdicated in favor of
Solomon, who was immediately anointed and proclaimed king. The
conspiracy was crushed.
Abiathar's life was spared out of respect to his position as priest
and former loyalty to David, but he was demoted from the office of
high priest, which passed to the family of Zadok. Joab and Adonijah
were spared for the time, but after David's death they suffered the
penalty of their crime. The execution of the sentence on the son of
David completed the fourfold judgment that testified to God's hatred
of the father's sin.
David Unselfishly Gathers Money and Material for the Temple
From the opening of David's reign, one of his most cherished
plans had been to construct a temple to the Lord. He had provided
an abundance of costly materials--gold, silver, onyx stones, and
stones of various colors, marble, and precious woods. And now
other hands must build the temple--the house for the ark, the symbol
of God's presence.
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