1 Kings 2:22
And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why hast thou asked Abisag for Adonias? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother, and he has for his companion Abiathar the priest, and Joab the son of Saruia the commander-in-chief.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
21And she said, Let, I pray thee, Abisag the Somanite be given to Adonias thy brother to wife.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:8and I gave thee the house of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord into thy bosom, and I gave to thee the house of Israel and Juda; and if that + 12:8 Gr. is little, I will give, etc.had been little, I would have given thee yet more.
1 Kings 1:5And Adonias the son of Aggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he + 1:5 Gr. made.prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
1 Kings 1:11And Nathan spoke to Bersabee the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonias the son of Aggith + 1:11 Gr. reigned.reigns, and our lord David + 1:11 Gr. knew.knows it not?
1 Chronicles 3:2The third, Abessalom, the son of Mocha the daughter of Tholmai king of Gedsur; the fourth, Adonia the son of Aggith.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 2:13-26
Adonijah's Impudent Request; Adonijah Put to Death. ( b. c. 1015.) 12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. 13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. 15 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… Read the whole commentary →