1 Kings 2:15

Contextual Overview

¹²So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established. ¹² So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established. ¹²And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established. ¹² And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established. ¹² Then sate Solomon vpon the seate of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was stablished mightyly. ¹² And Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established. ¹² Now Solomon was king. He sat on the throne of his father David and was in complete control of his kingdom. ¹² So Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established. ¹² Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. ¹² Then sate Solomon vpon the throne of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was established greatly.

Bible Verse Review
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Thou knowest: 1 Kings 1:5, 1 Kings 1:25, 2 Samuel 15:6, 2 Samuel 15:13, 2 Samuel 16:18

for it was: 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 12:24, 1 Chronicles 22:9, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 1 Chronicles 28:5-7, Proverbs 21:30, Jeremiah 27:5-8, Daniel 2:22

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:21 - offenders 1 Kings 1:35 - I have 2 Kings 9:17 - Is it peace 1 Chronicles 14:4 - Solomon

Cross-References

Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Genesis 2:2
And in the seuenth day God ended his worke whiche he had made. And the seueth day he rested from all his worke which he had made.

Genesis 2:2
God finished the work he was doing, so on the seventh day he rested from his work.

Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

Genesis 2:2
And God fillide in the seuenthe dai his werk which he made; and he restide in the seuenthe dai fro al his werk which he hadde maad;

Genesis 2:2
And on the seuenth day God ended his worke, which hee had made: And he rested on the seuenth day from all his worke, which he had made.

Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, thou knowest that the kingdom was mine,.... Belonged to him by virtue of his birthright; he was heir to it, being the eldest son:

and [that] all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign; which was not true; for, as Bathsheba says, the body of the people were in suspense, their eyes being on David, waiting to hear whom he would declare his successor; and when Solomon was declared and anointed, vast numbers attended him; unless Adonijah thought that the high priest, and general of the army, with the captains, represented the whole people; however this he observes by way of preface, to show how unhappy he was, being disappointed, and to move the compassion of Bathsheba, that she might be the more easily prevailed upon to seek to obtain so small a favour as he was about to ask:

howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's; things had taken another turn, and what was his, and he thought himself sure of the other day, was now become his brother's; such were the uncertainty and vicissitude of human affairs:

for it was his from the Lord; by the appointment of the Lord, by a promise of his, and a prophecy concerning it; which if he knew of, it was both vain and sinful in him to act contrary thereunto; or it was brought about by the overruling providence of God, which he now plainly saw and submitted to; this he said to show that he had laid aside all hopes of the kingdom, and was fully satisfied of the disposition of it in Providence, and so to hide his real design in the petition he was about to make.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 2:15. 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.