1 Kings 2:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Thou knowest

1 Kings 1:5

2 Samuel 15:6

2 Samuel 16:18

For it was

Daniel 2:22

Bible References

Thou knowest

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.

Absalom did this with every Israelite who came to the king for judgment. That way he won their loyalty.

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.

For it was

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.

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.

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.

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.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah!

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.

He reveals the deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.