1 Kings 2:15

New King James Version

Then he said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had set their expectations on me, that I should reign. However, the kingdom has been turned over, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from the Lord.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:25

For he has gone down today, and has sacrificed oxen and fattened cattle and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, and the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and look! They are eating and drinking before him; and they say, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

1 Kings 1:5

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king”; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

Daniel 2:22

He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom or understanding Or counsel against the Lord.

2 Samuel 16:18

And Hushai said to Absalom, “No, but whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel choose, his I will be, and with him I will remain.

2 Samuel 7:12

“When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Samuel 15:13

Now a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”

2 Samuel 15:6

In this manner Absalom acted toward all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 12:24

Then David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her. So she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Now the Lord loved him,

2 Samuel 3:3

his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;

2 Samuel 3:4

the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

1 Kings 1:38

So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon.

1 Kings 2:14

Moreover he said, “I have something to say to you.” And she said, “Say it.”

1 Kings 2:16

Now I ask one petition of you; do not deny me.” And she said to him, “Say it.”

1 Kings 2:22

And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “Now why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also—for he is my older brother—for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”

1 Kings 1:39

Then Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”