Quotes about Power

“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?

For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.

Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.

But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.

So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.

So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.

And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.

The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,