1 Kings 2:15
He said: You know the kingship was mine. All Israel expected me to be their king. But the kingship has been turned over to my brother because Jehovah gave it to him.
1 Kings 1:5
Adonijah, son of Haggith, was very handsome. His mother gave birth to him after Maacah had Absalom. Adonijah boasted about himself, saying, I will be king. He got a chariot and horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
1 Kings 1:25
This very day he has gone and offered a sacrifice of many bulls, sheep, and fattened calves. He invited all your sons, Joab the commander of your army, and Abiathar the priest, and right now they are feasting with him and shouting: 'Long live King Adonijah!'
1 Chronicles 22:9-10
You will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon (peace), and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
1 Chronicles 28:5-7
Of all my sons, for Jehovah has given me many sons, he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of Jehovah's kingdom to rule Israel.
2 Samuel 7:12
I will choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I will make him a strong ruler.
2 Samuel 12:24
David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to bed with her, and she later gave birth to a son. David named him Solomon. Jehovah loved the child.
2 Samuel 15:6
Absalom did this with every Israelite who came to the king for judgment. That way he won their loyalty.
2 Samuel 15:13
A messenger told David: Absalom has the hearts of the people of Israel.
2 Samuel 16:18
Hushai answered: Jehovah and the people of Israel have chosen you to be king. I cannot leave. I must stay and serve the one they have chosen.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah!
Jeremiah 27:5-8
I used my great strength and my powerful arm to make the earth along with the people and the animals on it. I give it to anyone I please.
Daniel 2:22
He reveals the deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.