1 Kings 1:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Bath-sheba went into the king's room; now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was waiting on him.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:1 : 1 Now King David was old and far on in years; and though they put covers over him, his body was cold.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:16-17
    2 verses
    84%

    16 And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?

    17 And she said to him, My lord, you took an oath by the Lord your God and gave your word to your servant, saying, Truly, Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 1:1-4
    4 verses
    83%

    1 Now King David was old and far on in years; and though they put covers over him, his body was cold.

    2 So his servants said to him, Let search be made for a young virgin for my lord the king, to take care of him and be waiting on him; and you may take her in your arms, and so my lord the king will be warm.

    3 So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.

    4 Now she was very beautiful; and she took care of the king, waiting on him at all times; but the king had no connection with her.

  • 1 Kgs 1:27-28
    2 verses
    81%

    27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

    28 Then King David in answer said, Send for Bath-sheba to come to me. And she came in and took her place before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 2:16-22
    7 verses
    80%

    16 Now I have one request to make to you, and do not say, No, to me. And she said to him, Say on.

    17 Then he said, Will you go to Solomon the king (for he will not say, No, to you) and put before him my request that he will give me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife?

    18 And Bath-sheba said, Good! I will make your request to the king.

    19 So Bath-sheba went to King Solomon to have talk with him on Adonijah's account. And the king got up to come to her, and went down low to the earth before her; then he took his place on the king's seat and had a seat made ready for the king's mother and she took her place at his right hand.

    20 Then she said, I have one small request to make to you; do not say, No, to me. And the king said, Say on, my mother, for I will not say, No, to you.

    21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother for a wife.

    22 Then King Solomon made answer and said to his mother, Why are you requesting me to give Abishag the Shunammite to Adonijah? Take the kingdom for him in addition, for he is my older brother, and Abiathar the priest and Joab, the son of Zeruiah, are on his side.

  • 1 Kgs 1:11-14
    4 verses
    79%

    11 Then Nathan said to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, Has it not come to your ears that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king without the knowledge of David our lord?

    12 So now, let me make a suggestion, so that you may keep your life safe and the life of your son Solomon.

    13 Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?

    14 And while you are still talking there with the king, see, I will come in after you and say that your story is true.

  • 1 Kgs 1:31-32
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    31 Then Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour, and said, May my lord King David go on living for ever.

    32 And King David said, Send for Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

  • 2 Sam 11:1-4
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    1 Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem.

    2 Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

    3 And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?

    4 And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.

  • 2 Sam 12:24
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    24 And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 1:22-24
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    73%

    22 And while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

    23 And they said to the king, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he went down on his face on the earth.

    24 And Nathan said, O my lord king, have you said, Adonijah is to be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom?

  • 1 Kgs 2:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, Come you in peace? And he said, Yes, in peace.

    14 Then he said, I have something to say to you. And she said, Say on.

  • 2 Sam 11:8-9
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    8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and let your feet be washed. And Uriah went away from the king's house, and an offering from the king was sent after him.

    9 But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

  • 1 Kgs 1:47
    70%

    47 And the king's servants came to our lord King David, blessing him and saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and the seat of his authority greater than your seat; and the king was bent low in worship on his bed.

  • 2 Sam 20:3
    69%

    3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.

  • 2 Sam 16:22
    69%

    22 So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 13:24
    69%

    24 And Absalom came to the king and said, See now, your servant is cutting the wool of his sheep; will the king and his servants be pleased to come?

  • 2 Sam 14:3
    69%

    3 And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
    68%

    53 So King Solomon sent, and they took him down from the altar. And he came and gave honour to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

  • 2 Sam 14:15
    68%

    15 And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.

  • 2 Sam 11:13
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    13 And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

  • 2 Sam 15:16-17
    2 verses
    68%

    16 So the king went out, taking with him all the people of his house, but for ten of his women, who were to take care of the house.

    17 And the king went out, and all his servants went after him, and made a stop at the Far House.

  • Esth 2:14
    68%

    14 In the evening she went, and on the day after she came back to the second house of the women, into the keeping of Shaashgaz, one of the king's unsexed servants who had the care of the king's wives: only if the king had delight in her and sent for her by name did she go in to him again.

  • 2 Kgs 4:11
    68%

    11 Now one day, when he had gone there, he went into the little room and took his rest there.

  • 1 Kgs 1:7
    67%

    7 And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
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    20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

  • 2 Sam 12:15
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    15 Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.

  • 2 Sam 15:9
    67%

    9 And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he got up and went to Hebron.

  • 1 Sam 25:40
    67%

    40 And when David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.