Quotes about Authority
Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
— 1 Kings 1:35
Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than that of my lord King David.”
— 1 Kings 1:37
“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.
— 1 Kings 1:43
Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.
— 1 Kings 1:46
But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
— 1 Kings 1:50
So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.”
— 1 Kings 1:53
Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”
— 1 Kings 2:9
Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
— 1 Kings 2:17
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
— 1 Kings 2:19
“I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”
— 1 Kings 2:20
So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
— 1 Kings 2:25
And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
— 1 Kings 2:31