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13 Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come in peace?” He answered, “Yes.”[a] 14 He added,[b] “I have something to say to you.” She replied, “Speak.” 15 He said, “You know that the kingdom[c] was mine and all Israel considered me king.[d] But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:13 tn Heb “[in] peace.”
  2. 1 Kings 2:14 tn Heb “and he said.”
  3. 1 Kings 2:15 tn Or “kingship.”
  4. 1 Kings 2:15 tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”
  5. 1 Kings 2:15 tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the Lord it became his.”