And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and [that] all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
Ver. 15. Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine,] viz., By right of succession, I being the eldest son now alive, see 1Ki 1:6 and chosen by the people too. 1Ki 1:25
Howbeit the kingdom is turned about.] By that great Induperator, who putteth down one and setteth up another;
“ Ludit in humanis divina potentia rebus. ”
For it was his from the Lord.] Why then would Adonijah dash against the divine decree, and sin against his own knowledge, by saying, I will be king?