1 Kings 1:27

Is this word come out from my lord the king, and hast thou not told me thy servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

In Context

26But me thy servant, and Sadoc the priest, and Banaias the son of Joiada, and Solomon thy servant he hath not invited.

28And king David answered and said: Call to me Bethsabee. And when she was come in to the king, and stood before him,

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Cross References

1 Kings 1:24Nathan said: My lord O king, hast thou said: Let Adonias reign after me, and let him sit upon my throne?

1 Chronicles 23:1And David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel.

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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