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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Kings 2:15 in context
1 Kings 2:12–18
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Solomon sat on David his father’s throne; and his kingdom was firmly established.
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Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, “Do you come peaceably?”
He said, “Peaceably.
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He said moreover, I have something to tell you.”
She said, “Say on.”
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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.
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Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.”
She said to him, “Say on.”
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He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”
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Bathsheba said, “All right. I will speak for you to the king.”
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