Text -- 1 Kings 2:15 (NET)

2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine and all Israel considered me king. But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ki 2:15

¹ tn Or “kingship.”

² tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”

³ tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the Lord it became his.”