Notice in verse 15 that Bathsheba is still addressed as Uriah's wife. Between there and verse 24 a detailed account of David's activities is given. Do you see a wedding anywhere there? While she eventually became David's wife, she was clearly not at the time of Solomon's conception.
How was that a lie? It was King David's decision, based on what God told him through the prophet Nathan. Nowhere does scripture say they lied or that David was deceived. I would rather believe that the Apollo astronauts faked the moon landings before I would believe that Nathan and Bathsheba faked David's decision to appoint Solomon as heir. What? You mean they did fake the moon landings?
The point of giving us this information is to explain that David was old and senile at this point in his life...ripe for being deceived. After being duped by Bathsheba and Nathan's lie, he applied the earlier prophecy of a son "from his loins" to Solomon. But God had intended Adonijah to be king, not Solomon, which is why He created Adonijah first.
You do realize that the alternative is that God wanted Adonijah to be murdered, right?
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