Haggith

Haggith (meaning festive or the dancer) was one of the wives of King David and the mother of Adonijah, David's fourth son (2 Sam. 3:4; 1 Chr. 3:2). Adonijah was born to David in Hebron during his early reign, before the capture of Jerusalem. His mother's name appears in the narrative primarily to identify his lineage in the succession crisis at the end of David's life.

When David was elderly and declining, Adonijah—who was handsome and had been little disciplined by his father—exalted himself and attempted to seize the throne before David's death, hosting a feast at En-rogel without inviting Solomon, Nathan the prophet, or the loyal military men (1 Kings 1:5–10). Bathsheba and Nathan intervened to ensure Solomon's anointing as king, and Adonijah's premature bid for power ultimately led to his execution when he requested Abishag the Shunammite as a wife—a request Solomon interpreted as a veiled claim to the throne (1 Kings 2:13–25).