15 Then he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set [a]their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned away, and is my brother’s: for it came to him by the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:15 In sign of their favor and consent.

15 “As you know,” he said, “the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the Lord.

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