Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. So she said, “Do you come peacefully?” And he said, “Peacefully.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, “Do you come peaceably?” He said, “Peaceably.
- KJV And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. So she said, “Do you come peaceably?” And he said, “Peaceably.”
- NLT One day Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, came to see Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. “Have you come with peaceful intentions?” she asked him. “Yes,” he said, “I come in peace.
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Adonijah approaches Bathsheba, who warily asks if he comes in peace. His visit revives suspicion of renewed ambition.
Overview
Adonijah, the spared rival, comes to Solomon's mother, prompting her cautious question about his intentions. His professed peace masks a request that will prove politically charged. The scene reopens the question of whether Adonijah has truly abandoned his claim to the throne.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Kgs 1:5–10Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
- 1 Sam 16:4–5Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
- Luke 10:5–6Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’
- 1 Kgs 1:50–53Adonijah was afraid because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and hung onto the horns of the altar.
- 1 Chr 12:17–18David went out to meet them, and answered them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers see this and rebuke it.”
- 2 Kgs 9:18–22So one went on horseback to meet him, and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” Jehu said, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!” The watchman said, “The messenger came to them, but he isn’t coming back.”
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