1 Kings 2:15

¹³ Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.

¹⁴ Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.

“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.

¹⁶ So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.

¹⁷ Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
KJV: And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the LORD.
WEB: He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However, the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from the LORD.
ASV: And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother`s; for it was his from Jehovah.
DARBY: And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had set their faces on me that I should reign; but the kingdom is turned about and is become my brother's, for it was his from Jehovah.
BLB: And he said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and on me had set their faces all Israel that I should reign. And the kingdom has been turned over, and has become to my brother, for from YHWH it has come to him.

ÅB: Da sa han: Du vet at riket var mitt, og at hele Israel hadde festet sine øyne på meg og ventet at jeg skulle bli konge; men kongedømmet gikk fra meg og over til min bror; det var Herren som gav ham det.
OTB: Og han sa, "Du vet at kongedømmet var mitt, og at hele Israel forventet at jeg skulle regjere. Men kongedømmet har vendt seg og blitt min brors, for det var hans fra Herren.
B1930: Da sa han: Du vet at riket var mitt, og at hele Israel hadde festet sine øine på mig og ventet at jeg skulde bli konge; men kongedømmet gikk fra mig og over til min bror; det var Herren som gav ham det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Chronicles 28:5–7
And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
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1 Chronicles 22:9–10
But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
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1 Kings 1:25
For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
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1 Kings 1:5
At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
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Daniel 2:22
He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.
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2 Samuel 16:18
“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by the people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
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Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
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2 Samuel 7:12
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
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