1 Kings 2:13-15

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

Solomon Consolidates His Reign

¹³ Then Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, ‘Do you come peaceably?’ He said, ‘Peaceably.’ ¹⁴ Then he said, ‘May I have a word with you?’ She said, ‘Go on.’ ¹⁵ He said, ‘You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel expected me to reign; however, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, for it was his from the Lord.