1 Kings 2:13

13 Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother. She said, "Do you come in peace?"

1 Kings 2:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 2:13

And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, the mother
of Solomon
Into her apartment; Abarbinel thinks it was a few days after the death of David:

and she said, comest thou peaceably?
in a friendly manner, with no ill design, only to pay a friendly visit; for she might fear he came to avenge himself on her, and destroy her, because she had been the instrument of disappointing him of the kingdom, and of getting her son Solomon set upon the throne, and established in it; and therefore could not tell what envy, rage, and disappointment, might prompt him to:

and he said, peaceably;
he meant no harm unto her.

1 Kings 2:13 In-Context

11 David ruled Israel for forty years - seven years in Hebron and another thirty-three in Jerusalem.

12 Solomon took over on the throne of his father David; he had a firm grip on the kingdom.

13 Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother. She said, "Do you come in peace?"

14 And then, "May I say something to you?" "Go ahead," she said, "speak."

15 "You know that I had the kingdom right in my hands and everyone expected me to be king, and then the whole thing backfired and the kingdom landed in my brother's lap - God's doing.