פּירוש אויף מלכים א 1:7

“He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, etc.” [1:7]. Adonijah spoke with Joab the son of Zeruiah. He agreed with Adonijah and wanted to make him king. Joab was one of David’s chieftains and had killed Abner,⁶II Samuel, 3:27. who was a warrior and a scholar.⁷J. Peah, 1.1. David did not want to kill Joab during his lifetime, but he left in his will to his son who would become king after his death, that he should take revenge against Joab.⁸I Kings, 2:5. Therefore, Joab wanted to associate himself with Adonijah and wanted to help make him king, in the expectation that Adonijah would have mercy on Joab and would not kill him, even though King David had asked it to be done. Joab had killed three people, Abner, Osias, and Absalom. Therefore, he wanted to flatter Adonijah. Abiathar the priest also agreed with making Adonijah king, because David had refused to make him high priest and made Zadok the high priest. Adonijah did not speak to Zadok the high priest or to Benaiah or to Nathan the prophet, or to Shimei, Rei, and David’s other warriors. None of them were with Adonijah.

With Yoav ben Tseruyah. Because he knew that Dovid bore a grudge against him for having killed Avner, Amasa, and Avsholom; and that he would eventually charge his son, who would reign in his place, to deal with him. He [Yoav] therefore wanted that this one [Adoniyahu] should reign through his assistance so that he would favor him.

And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: This means that he had already convinced them to go on and to agree to make him king, and they helped him in this manner. Thus he thought that just as these men had helped David attain kingship and to succeed, they would do the same for him. For example, when Abiathar came to David as he was fleeing from Saul (1 Samuel 22:20), David would do everything according to him. And Joab established David upon the throne of the kingdom and fought his wars against Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 2:8-9) and Absalom (2 Samuel 18:2) and Sheba son of Bichri (2 Samuel 20:1). And Joab likewise was drawn to Adonijah and helped him with the kingdom in order that he would love him and not remove him from being chief of the army when it was clear to him that David intended to remove him from his position due to the matter of Absalom. And Abiathar the priest also [followed Adonijah] when he saw that David was giving more honor and standing to Zadok than he was giving to Abiathar. And this is explained in the preceding stories in which David appointed Zadok and Abiathar.

And with Evyosor the kohein. He was dismissed from the priesthood at the time when Dovid escaped from Yerusholayim on account of Avsholom, when he [Evyosor] consulted the Urim and Tumim and was unsuccessful as it is stated, “And Evyosor went up.”¹⁶II Shmuel 15:24. He [Evyosor] was a descendant of Eili. And he knew that he would not serve in the days of Shlomo, for it was stated to Eili, “And I will appoint for Myself a faithful kohein... and he will serve before My anointed one...”¹⁷I Shmuel 2:35. He [Evyosor] wanted that this one [Adoniyah become king] through his assistance.¹⁸So that Adoniyahu would listen to him when he became king and would restore him to his previous position of Kohein Gadol.