1 Kings 2:13-15

Contemporary English Version

Adonijah Is Killed

¹³ One day, Adonijah went to see Bathsheba, Solomon's mother, and she asked, “Is this a friendly visit?”

“Yes. ¹⁴ I just want to talk with you.”

“All right,” she told him, “go ahead.”

¹⁵ “You know that I was king for a little while,” Adonijah replied. “And everyone in Israel accepted me as their ruler. But the Lord wanted my brother to be king, so now things have changed.