1 Kings 1:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 1:13 : 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?
  • 1 Kgs 1:30 : 30 As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.
  • 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.
  • Gen 18:12 : 12 And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

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  • 1 Kgs 1:26-33
    8 verses
    88%

    26But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not sent for.

    27Has 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?

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

    29And the king took an oath, and said, By the living Lord, who has been my saviour from all my troubles,

    30As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.

    31Then 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.

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

    33And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and put Solomon my son on my beast, yes, mine, and take him down to Gihon;

  • 1 Kgs 1:11-16
    6 verses
    85%

    11Then 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?

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

    13Come 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?

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

    15Then Bath-sheba went into the king's room; now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was waiting on him.

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

  • 1 Kgs 2:16-24
    9 verses
    82%

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

    17Then 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?

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

    19So 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.

    20Then 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.

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

    22Then 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.

    23Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord, saying, May God's punishment be on me if Adonijah does not give payment for these words with his life.

    24Now by the living Lord, who has given me my place on the seat of David my father, and made me one of a line of kings, as he gave me his word, truly Adonijah will be put to death this day.

  • 1 Kgs 1:24
    80%

    24And 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 1:20-21
    2 verses
    80%

    20And 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.

    21For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.

  • 1 Kgs 2:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    13Then 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.

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:18
    79%

    18And now, see, Adonijah has made himself king without my lord's knowledge;

  • 1 Kgs 1:46-48
    3 verses
    77%

    46And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.

    47And 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.

    48Then the king said, May the God of Israel be praised, who has given one of my seed to be king in my place this day and has let my eyes see it.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35-37
    3 verses
    77%

    35Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

    36And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answering the king, said, So be it: and may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so.

    37As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon and make the seat of his authority greater than that of my lord King David.

  • 2 Chr 1:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

    9Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.

  • Ps 132:11
    76%

    11The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.

  • 1 Kgs 1:43
    75%

    43And Jonathan, answering, said to Adonijah, Not so, but our lord King David has made Solomon king:

  • 2 Sam 14:12
    75%

    12Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
    74%

    6And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.

  • 1 Kgs 2:42
    74%

    42Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well!

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
    74%

    4So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:15-16
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    73%

    15For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

    16So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

  • 1 Sam 24:21
    73%

    21And now I am certain that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be made strong under your authority.

  • 2 Sam 14:15-16
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    73%

    15And 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.

    16For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.

  • 1 Chr 17:11
    72%

    11And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
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    45But a blessing will be on King Solomon, and the kingdom of David will keep its place before the Lord for ever.