Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
1 verse in the King James Version. Word study for “elder” →
And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
