1 Kings 2:15
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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.“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
In other translations
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.“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אַתְּ'atyouH859יָדַעַתְּyada'atyou knowH3045כִּי־ki-thatH3588לִיlito meהָיְתָהhayetahit belongedH1961הַמְּלוּכָהhamelukhahthe kingshipH4410וְעָלַיve'alaiand on meH5921שָׂמוּsamuthey setH7760כָל־khol-allH3605יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478פְּנֵיהֶםpeneihemfaces theirH6440לִמְלֹךְlimlokhto become kingH4427וַתִּסֹּבvatisoand it has turned roundH5437הַמְּלוּכָהhamelukhahthe kingshipH4410וַתְּהִיvatehiand it has belongedH1961לְאָחִיle'achito brother myH251כִּיkiforH3588מֵיְהוָהmeyahwehfrom YahwehH3068הָיְתָהhayetahit belongedH1961לּוֹ׃loto him
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