“Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.”
1 Kings 2:13 (BSB)
Context Reading
11The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years — seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 12So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established. 13Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied. 14Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered. 15“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.