1 Kings 2:13
in 1 Kings 2Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
KJV
And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath–sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
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This verse in 1 Kings 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The right hand is the place of honor; and as it expressly said to have been assigned to "the king's mother," it is necessary to remark that, when a husband dies, his widow acquires a higher dignity and power, as a mother over her son, than she ever possessed before. Besides, the dignity of "king's mother" is a state office, to which certain revenues are attached.
This site's exposition
Comest thou peaceably
on 1 Kings 2:13-15
Comest thou peaceably is the same question Jehu will ask twice at 2 Kings 9:17-22, and in both settings it answers a threat rather than a greeting. The kingdom was mine, and it was his from the Lord is Adonijah's own confession to the queen mother, that his claim failed because the Lord had already given the throne to Solomon at 1 Kings 1:29-30. He raises no objection to that outcome here; the scene turns instead on the request that follows.
The record, by era
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And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And his kingdom was firmly established. [He was] also [ruler] over the heavenly creatures.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֞א | vaiyavo' | and he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֲדֹנִיָּ֣הוּ | ʾadoniyahu | Adonijah | H138 → | 26 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חַגֵּ֗ית | chageit | Haggith | H2294 → | 5 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | Bath- | H1339 → | 20 times |
| שֶׁ֙בַע֙ | sheva' | -sheba | H1339 → | 20 times |
| אֵם־ | ʾem- | [the] mother of | H517 → | 220 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| וַתֹּ֖אמֶר | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הֲשָׁל֣וֹם | hashalom | ¿ peace | H7965 → | 236 times |
| בֹּאֶ֑ךָ | boekha | [are] coming you | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שָׁלֽוֹם׃ | shalom | peace | H7965 → | 236 times |
וַיָּבֹ֞אand he came
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
אֲדֹנִיָּ֣הוּAdonijah
ʾadoniyahuH138 →26 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
חַגֵּ֗יתHaggith
chageitH2294 →5 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בַּת־Bath-
bat-H1339 →20 times
שֶׁ֙בַע֙-sheba
sheva'H1339 →20 times
אֵם־[the] mother of
ʾem-H517 →220 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
וַתֹּ֖אמֶרand she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
הֲשָׁל֣וֹם¿ peace
hashalomH7965 →236 times
בֹּאֶ֑ךָ[are] coming you
boekhaH935 →2568 times
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
שָׁלֽוֹם׃peace
shalomH7965 →236 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Kings
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.