His brothers came. There was more support. There was a feeling in the air - electricity. It was simply wonderful, he thought. There is no greater fallacy than to imagine that the moment a man sins he will immediately have his punishment.
Sin can appear to be successful.
And many a person has spoken to himself as did Adonijah. At first, he thought he had better be hesitant. At last he did it and, lo and behold, instead of instant calamity, nothing happened. In fact, it seemed to be going remarkably and amazingly well. How foolish he had been, he thought, for being hesitant, by fearing retribution from God.