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1 Kings 2:15

in 1 Kings 2

“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s; for it was his from Jehovah.

KJV

And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the Lord.

This verse in 1 Kings 2

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine - It certainly was his by the right of primogeniture, and it was his by the voice of the people, and the consent of the high priest. But there was a right paramount to all these, the right of God; it was his kingdom; the kings were his lieutenants, and he had a right to give the crown to whomsoever he pleased, and he was pleased to give it to Solomon.

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

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) As his reward for his acquiescence in that loss. He owns Solomon's right to the kingdom: " It was his from the Lord. I was foolish in offering to contest it; and now that it is turned about to him I am satisfied." Thus he pretends to be well pleased with Solomon's accession to the throne, when he is doing all he can to give him disturbance.
And he said, thou knowest that the kingdom was mine,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH5595305 times

  • אַ֤תְּyou

    ʾatH8591094 times

  • יָדַ֙עַתְּ֙you know

    yadaatH3045945 times

  • כִּי־that

    ki-H35884482 times

  • לִי֙to me

    li

  • הָיְתָ֣הit belonged

    hayetahH19613559 times

  • הַמְּלוּכָ֔הthe kingship

    hamelukhahH441024 times

  • וְעָלַ֞יand on me

    vealaiH59215755 times

  • שָׂ֧מוּthey set

    samuH7760584 times

  • כָֽל־all

    khol-H36055413 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • פְּנֵיהֶ֖םfaces their

    peneihemH64402123 times

  • לִמְלֹ֑ךְto become king

    limlokhH4427348 times

  • וַתִּסֹּ֤בand it has turned round

    vatisoH5437161 times

  • הַמְּלוּכָה֙the kingship

    hamelukhahH441024 times

  • וַתְּהִ֣יand it has belonged

    vatehiH19613559 times

  • לְאָחִ֔יto brother my

    leachiH251630 times

  • כִּ֥יfor

    kiH35884482 times

  • מֵיְהוָ֖הfrom Yahweh

    meyahwehH30686520 times

  • הָ֥יְתָהit belonged

    hayetahH19613559 times

  • לּֽוֹ׃to him

    lo

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 1:5

    At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 15:1

      Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

    • 2 Samuel 3:4

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

    • 1 Kings 1:11

      Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?

  • Through

    1 Kings 1:25

    For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest.…

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 10:24

      Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

    • 1 Kings 1:9

      And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of…

    • 1 Kings 1:19

      And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the…

    • 1 Chronicles 29:13

      Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.

    • 1 Samuel 11:14–15

      Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.