לְכִ֞י וּבֹ֣אִי ׀ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֗ד וְאָמַ֤רְתְּ אֵלָיו֙ הֲלֹֽא־אַתָּ֞ה אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ נִשְׁבַּ֤עְתָּ לַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כִּֽי־שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה בְנֵךְ֙ יִמְלֹ֣ךְ אַחֲרַ֔י וְה֖וּא יֵשֵׁ֣ב עַל־כִּסְאִ֑י וּמַדּ֖וּעַ מָלַ֥ךְ אֲדֹנִיָֽהוּ׃
Pergilah, masuklah menghadap Raja Daud, dan katakanlah kepadanya, “Bukankah tuanku raja sendiri telah bersumpah kepada hambamu ini, demikian: ‘Sesungguhnya Salomo, anakmu, akan menjadi raja sesudah aku, dan dialah yang akan duduk di atas takhtaku’? Lalu mengapa Adonia menjadi raja?”
Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)
Our Rabbis were taught a Sota cast her eyes upon things which did not belong to her; the consequence was, that which she desired she did not get, and even that which she did have was taken from her. For, whoever casts his eye to desire things which do not belong to him the result will be that not only will he not obtain his desire, but even that which belongs to him will also be taken from him. (Ib. b) And so also do we find in the case of the first serpent which cast an eye upon a thing that did not belong to it and the consequence was that what he desired he did not get, and even what he did have was also taken from it. At that time the Holy One, praised be He, said to the serpent: "I contemplated making it a king over all the beasts and animals, but now [when he desires things which do not belong to him] (Ib. 3, 14) Be thou cursed above all the cattle, and above other beast of the field. I had ordered you to go straight-forward, but now, since you want [to reign even over man] (Ib., ib., ib.) Upon thy belly shalt thou go; I thought that his food would be human food, but now (Ib) and dust shall thou eat. The serpent said: "I shall kill Adam and then marry Eve." Therefore (Ib) I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed. So also do we find in the case of Cain (Ib. 4, 3-15); in the case of Korah, (Nem. 16, 1-35) in the case of Bilam (Ib. 22); in the case of Doeg (I Sam. 16, 18); in the case of Achitofel (II Sam. 17, 1-24), and with Gechazi (II Kings 5, 20-27), with Abshalom (II Sam. Chaps. 15 to 18) with Adoniyah (I Kings 1, 13-26), with Usyachu (II Kings 26, 15-22) and with Hamon, who cast eyes with the purpose of obtaining things which did not belong to them and the consequence was that what they desired was not given to them and even that which they did have in their own hands was taken away from them.