12
Then sat Sh’lomo upon the Kisse Dovid Aviv; and Malchuso was firmly established.
13
And Adoniyah Ben Chaggit came to Bat-Sheva Em Sh’lomo. And she said, Comest thou in shalom? And he said, Shalom.
14
He said moreover, I have davar to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
15
And he said, Thou hast da’as that the meluchah (kingdom, monarchy) was mine, and that kol Yisroel set their faces on me, that I should reign as Melech; howbeit the meluchah has veered, and is become my brother’s; for it was his from Hashem.
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And now I ask thee one she’elah: refuse me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
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