1 Kings 2:15

Webster's Bible (1833)

He said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: however the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's; for it was his from Yahweh.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 1:5 : 5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
  • 1 Kgs 1:25 : 25 For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, [Long] live king Adonijah.
  • 1 Chr 22:9-9 : 9 Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days: 10 he shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
  • 1 Chr 28:5-7 : 5 Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh over Israel. 6 He said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7 I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my ordinances, as at this day.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Yahweh.
  • Jer 27:5-8 : 5 I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me. 6 Now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the animals of the field also have I given him to serve him. 7 All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondservant. 8 It shall happen, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says Yahweh, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
  • Dan 2:22 : 22 he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
  • 2 Sam 7:12 : 12 When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
  • 2 Sam 12:24 : 24 David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her: and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;
  • 2 Sam 15:6 : 6 In this manner Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 15:13 : 13 There came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
  • 2 Sam 16:18 : 18 Hushai said to Absalom, No; but whom Yahweh, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:21-22
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    21 She said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.

    22 King Solomon answered his mother, Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

  • 1 Kgs 2:16-17
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    16 Now I ask one petition of you; don't deny me. She said to him, Say on.

    17 He said, Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you 'no'), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.

  • 1 Sam 28:17
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    17 Yahweh has done to you, as he spoke by me: and Yahweh has torn the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor, even to David.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
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    20 You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:14
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    14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to tell you. She said, Say on.

  • 1 Sam 15:28
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    28 Samuel said to him, Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.

  • 1 Sam 24:20
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    20 Now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
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    4 However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;

    5 Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh over Israel.

  • 2 Sam 14:6-7
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    6 Your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.

    7 Behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they say, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 11:35
    72%

    35 but I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it to you, even ten tribes.

  • 1 Kgs 1:24
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    24 Nathan said, My lord, king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?

  • 1 Kgs 1:13
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    13 Go and get you in to king David, and tell him, Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
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    35 Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 11:37
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    37 I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 1:8
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    8 Solomon said to God, You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4-5
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    4 That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

    5 Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

  • 1 Kgs 1:27
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    27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

  • 1 Kgs 20:4
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    4 The king of Israel answered, It is according to your saying, my lord, O king; I am yours, and all that I have.

  • 2 Sam 19:28-29
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    28 For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?

    29 The king said to him, Why speak you any more of your matters? I say, You and Ziba divide the land.

  • 1 Kgs 1:17-18
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    17 She said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

    18 Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it:

  • 1 Sam 18:8
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    8 Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

  • 2 Sam 3:10
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    10 to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
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    8 and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,

  • 1 Kgs 11:11
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    11 Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, Because this is done of you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

  • 1 Sam 26:19
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    19 Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Yahweh that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Yahweh: for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve other gods.

  • 1 Kgs 12:26
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    26 Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to the house of David:

  • Hos 13:10
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    10 Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes?'

  • 1 Chr 5:2
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    2 For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

  • 1 Sam 25:30
    69%

    30 It shall come to pass, when Yahweh shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you prince over Israel,

  • 2 Sam 16:3
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    3 The king said, Where is your master's son? Ziba said to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem; for he said, Today will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

  • 1 Kgs 11:13
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    13 However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

  • 1 Kgs 2:44
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    44 The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.

  • 2 Chr 13:5
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    5 Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

  • 2 Sam 15:4
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    4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!

  • 2 Sam 19:12
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    12 You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh: why then are you the last to bring back the king?

  • 1 Kgs 11:31
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    31 He said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you

  • 1 Sam 26:17
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    17 Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this your voice, my son David? David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

  • Isa 3:6
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    6 Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, "You have clothing, you be our ruler, And let this ruin be under your hand."

  • 2 Sam 12:8
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    8 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things.

  • 2 Sam 19:43
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    43 The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [right] in David than you: why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:5
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    5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

  • 2 Chr 11:3
    69%

    3 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

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