1 Kings 1:13
Go, and get thee in to king David, and say to him: Didst not thou, my lord O king, swear to me thy handmaid, saying: Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then doth Adonias reign?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12Now then come, take my counsel and save thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:18But after he is raised to the throne of his kingdom, he shall copy out to himself the Deuteronomy of this law in a volume, taking the copy of the priests of the Levitical tribe,
1 Kings 1:17She answered and said: My lord, thou didst swear to thy handmaid by the Lord thy God, saying: Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.
1 Kings 1:30Even as I swore to thee by the Lord the God of Israel, saying: Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead, so will I do this day.
1 Kings 1:48And he said: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who hath given this day one to sit on my throne, my eyes seeing
1 Chronicles 22:6And he called for Solomon his son: and commanded him to build a house to the Lord the God of Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:23And Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and he pleased all: and all Israel obeyed him.
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 →