13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon: and she said, [a]Comest thou peaceably? and he said, Yea.

14 He said moreover, I have a suit unto thee. And she said, Say on.

15 Then he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set [b]their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned away, and is my brother’s: for it came to him by the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:13 For she feared lest he would work treason against the king.
  2. 1 Kings 2:15 In sign of their favor and consent.

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