Re: Dysfunctional Royalty (was: Re: Jewish names)

Steg Belsky wrote:
> In other words, Adoniya rebelled against his father because 1. he was a
> spoiled brat, 2. he was a hottie, and 3. he admired his bad big brother?
>  interesting....
Well, the third is probably more that he feared that his elder brother
would inherit the throne instead, since it was normal (altho by no means
without exception) for the firstborn to inherit power over younger
brothers.  Most likely, that was a simplification of a genuinely complex
situation.

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