You know.—Adonijah’s words reveal his craftiness. He flattered Bathsheba by praising her influence and presented his surrender to …

And he said, you know that the kingdom was mine
Belonged to him by virtue of his birthright; he was heir to it, bein…

Solomon received Bathsheba with all the respect that was owing to a mother; but let no one be asked for what they ought not to grant. It ill become…