1 Kings 1:31

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Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground to pay homage to the king and said, "May my lord King David live forever!"

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  • Dan 2:4 : 4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, "O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will reveal its interpretation."
  • Dan 3:9 : 9 They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, 'May the king live forever!
  • Dan 5:10 : 10 The queen, hearing the words of the king and his nobles, entered the banquet hall. She said, 'May the king live forever! Don’t let your thoughts terrify you, and don’t let your face be pale.'
  • Dan 6:6 : 6 Then these men said, 'We will not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless it is connected with the law of his God.'
  • Dan 6:21 : 21 When he approached the den, he called out to Daniel with a distressed voice. The king said to Daniel, 'Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you continually serve, been able to rescue you from the lions?'
  • Neh 2:3 : 3 But I said to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"
  • Esth 3:2 : 2 All the king's servants who were at the king's gate would bow down and pay homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow or pay homage.
  • 2 Sam 9:6 : 6 When Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, "Mephibosheth!" "At your service," he replied.
  • 1 Kgs 1:25 : 25 Today he has gone down and sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance. He has invited all the king's sons, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. Right now they are eating and drinking with him, and they are saying, 'Long live King Adonijah!'
  • Matt 21:37 : 37 Finally, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said.
  • Eph 5:33 : 33 However, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!

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  • 1 Kgs 1:11-17
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    87%

    11Then Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, "Have you not heard that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has become king, and our lord David does not know about it?"

    12"Now go, please, let me advise you so that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

    13Go to King David and say to him, 'My lord the king, did you not swear to your servant, saying, "Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne"? Then why has Adonijah become king?'

    14While you are still speaking to the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words."

    15So Bathsheba went to see the king in his chamber. The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending to him.

    16Bathsheba bowed low and paid homage to the king. The king asked her, "What is it you want?"

    17She said to him, "My lord, you yourself swore by the LORD your God to your servant, saying, 'Solomon your son will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.'

  • 1 Kgs 1:27-30
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    27Is this decision from my lord the king, without letting your servants know who is to sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

    28King David responded, "Call Bathsheba to me." So she came into the king's presence and stood before him.

    29The king swore an oath and said, "As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every trouble,

    30I will carry out today what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying: 'Your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.'

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
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    32King David said, "Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada to me." When they came before the king,

  • 1 Kgs 1:46-48
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    46Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.

    47The king's servants have also come to bless our lord King David, saying, 'May your God make Solomon's name more famous than yours and his throne greater than yours!' And the king bowed on his bed in worship.

    48And the king said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has allowed one of my descendants to sit on my throne today, and my own eyes have seen it.'"

  • 1 Kgs 2:17-20
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    17He continued, 'Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.'

    18'Very well,' Bathsheba replied. 'I will speak to the king for you.'

    19So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king rose to meet her, bowed down to her, and then sat on his throne. He also had a throne placed for the king’s mother, and she sat at his right hand.

    20She said, 'I have one small request to make of you. Do not refuse me.' The king replied, 'Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.'

  • 1 Chr 29:20
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    20Then David said to the whole assembly, 'Praise the LORD your God.' So the entire assembly praised the LORD, the God of their fathers; they bowed down and prostrated themselves before the LORD and the king.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20-24
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    20Now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

    21Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be treated as offenders.

    22While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

    23The king was informed, "Nathan the prophet is here." So Nathan came before the king and bowed with his face to the ground.

    24Then Nathan said, "My lord the king, have you declared that Adonijah will reign after you and sit on your throne?

  • 1 Sam 24:8
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    8With these words, David restrained his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35-37
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    35You are to go up with him, and he is to sit on my throne and reign in my place. I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.'

    36Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, "Amen! May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it!

    37Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than the throne of my lord King David."

  • 1 Chr 29:10
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    10David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, "Blessed are you, LORD, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting."

  • 2 Sam 12:24
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    24Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him,

  • 1 Sam 25:41
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    41Abigail got up, bowed with her face to the ground, and said, 'Here is your servant, ready to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
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    45'But King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.'

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
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    53So King Solomon sent men, and they brought Adonijah down from the altar. He came and bowed to King Solomon, who said to him, "Go to your home."

  • 2 Sam 14:4
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    4When the woman from Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, prostrated herself, and said, "Help, O king!"

  • 2 Sam 24:20
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    20When Araunah saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Chr 21:21
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    21As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David. He went out from the threshing floor and bowed down before David with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
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    15Nathan relayed all these words and this entire vision to David.

  • 1 Kgs 8:14
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    14Then the king turned around and gave a blessing to the entire assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.

  • 2 Sam 14:12
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    12Then the woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Speak."

  • 1 Kgs 2:13-14
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    13Now Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. She asked, 'Do you come in peace?' And he replied, 'In peace.'

    14Then he said, 'I have something to say to you.' She replied, 'Speak.'

  • 2 Sam 15:21
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    21But Ittai answered the king, 'As surely as the LORD lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be—whether for death or for life—there your servant will be.'

  • 2 Chr 6:3
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    3Then the king turned around and blessed the entire assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.

  • 2 Chr 1:8-9
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    8Solomon replied to God, "You have shown great lovingkindness to my father David and have made me king in his place.

    9Now, Lord God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

  • 2 Sam 11:3
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    3David sent someone to inquire about the woman, and it was reported to him, 'Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'

  • 1 Chr 17:23
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    23"And now, LORD, let the word you have spoken concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised,

  • 2 Sam 7:17
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    17Nathan spoke all these words and this entire vision to David.