1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise, this will be: when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be as sinners.”
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In Context
22And while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan, the prophet, arrived.
Cross References
Genesis 15:15But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.
Judges 9:5And he went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and he killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, upon one stone. And there remained only Joatham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, and he was in hiding.
1 Kings 1:12Now then, come, accept my counsel, and save your life and the life of your son Solomon.
1 Kings 2:15“You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all of Israel had preferred me for themselves as king. But the kingdom was transferred, and has become my brother’s. For it was appointed to him by the Lord.
2 Chronicles 22:10For indeed, his mother, Athaliah, seeing that her son had died, rose up and killed the entire royal stock of the house of Jehoram.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 1:12-32
David Makes Solomon King. ( b. c. 1015.) 11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me,… Read the whole commentary →