One King: Dramatis Personæ

Note: I am reading through 1 Kings. I decided to blog it in the form of a play, with each chapter as a scene, which is probably blasphemous. I have no idea if it will work, and there is a good chance that it won't and I'll abandon the attempt.

The goal is that this page will maintain the (growing) alphabetical list of "players". Scene 1 will come soon!

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One King

Dramatis Personæ 

Abiathar: a priest and son of a high priest, he first supports Adonijah but has shifting loyalties.

Abishag: beautiful Shunammite maiden who attends to the dying king.

Adonijah: fourth son of the the king by Haggith. Adonijah takes advantage of the dying king's inattentiveness to declare himself king.

Bathsheba: wife of the king and mother of Solomon, the king's intended heir-apparent.

Benaiah: one of the king's 37 elite troops, known as the mighty men. He remained loyal to David.

David: king of a united Israel. As our story opens, he is dying and bedridden and, as a consequence, he is inattentive to the matters of state, which opens the door to mischief.

Joab: disillusioned commander of the king's army and nephew to the king. He throws his support behind Adonijah.

Jonathan: son of the priest Abiathar, and a messenger.

Nathan: a prophet of God and loyal to the king.

Rei: a loyal subject of the king.

Shimei: a man of questionable character, he was forgiven by David once, but not twice.

Solomon: Second son of the king by Bathsheba, and the preferred successor to the throne.

Zadok: priest loyal to David and Solomon who later would be the first high priest of the First Temple.