1 Kings 1:14

And while thou art yet speaking there with the king, I will come in after thee, and will fill up thy words.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

In Context

13Go, 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?

15So Bethsabee went in to the king into the chamber: now the king was very old, and Abisag the Sunamitess ministered to him.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 13:1Behold, this is the third time I am coming to you: In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word stand.

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 →

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