# Adonijah son of Haggith

Haggith was a wife of David. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# exalted himself

"began to boast"

# horsemen

These are men who drive chariots pulled by horses.

# fifty men to run ahead of him

These men would go ahead of the chariots to clear the way for them and protect them.