1 Kings 2:18

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And Bethsabe sayd: Wel, I wil speake for thee vnto the king.

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  • Prov 14:15 : 15 An ignorant body beleueth euery worde: but who so hath vnderstanding, loketh well to his goynges.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:19-23
    5 verses
    87%

    19Bethsabe therfore went vnto king Solomon, to speake vnto him for Adonia: And the king rose vp to meete her, and bowed him selfe vnto her, and sate hym downe on his seate, & there was a seate set for the kinges mother, & she sate on his right syde.

    20Then she sayd: I desire a litle petition of thee, I pray thee say me not nay. And the king sayd vnto her: Aske on, my mother, for I wil not say thee nay.

    21She sayde: Let Abisag the Sunamite be geuen to Adonia thy brother to wyfe.

    22And king Solomon aunswered and sayde vnto his mother: Why doest thou aske Abisag the Sunamite for Adonia? aske for him the kingdome also: for he is myne elder brother, and hath for him Abiathar the priest, and Ioab the sonne of Zaruia.

    23Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying: God do so and so to me, if Adonia haue not spoken this worde against his owne lyfe.

  • 1 Kgs 2:16-17
    2 verses
    86%

    16And nowe I aske a petition of thee, deny me not. And she sayde vnto him: Say on.

    17And he said: Speake I pray thee, vnto Solomo the king (for he wil not say thee nay) that he geue me Abisag the Sunamite to wyfe.

  • 1 Kgs 1:11-17
    7 verses
    85%

    11Wherfore Nathan spake vnto Bethsabe the mother of Solomon, saying: Hast thou not hearde that Adonia the sonne of Haggith doth raigne, and Dauid our lorde knoweth it not?

    12Nowe therfore come, and I will geue thee counsell howe to saue thyne owne lyfe, and the lyfe of thy sonne Solomon.

    13Go and get thee in vnto king Dauid, & say vnto him: Diddest not thou my lorde O king, sweare vnto thy handmayde, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy sonne shall raigne after me, and he shall sit vpon my seate? why is then Adonia king?

    14Beholde, whyle thou yet talkest there with the king, I wil come in after thee, and confirme thy wordes.

    15And Bethsabe went in vnto the king into the chamber: And the king was very olde, and Abisag the Sunamite ministred vnto the king.

    16And Bethsabe stouped & made obeysaunce vnto the king: And the king sayd, What is thy matter?

    17She aunswered: My lorde, thou swarest by the Lorde thy God vnto thine handmayde saying Assuredly Solomon thy sonne shall raigne after me, and he shall sit vpon my seate.

  • 1 Kgs 1:26-32
    7 verses
    83%

    26But me thy seruaunt, and Sadoc the priest, and Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, & thy seruaunt Solomon, hath he not called.

    27Is this thing done of my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it vnto thy seruaunt who should sit on the seate of my lorde the king after him?

    28Then king Dauid aunswered, & sayd: Cal me Bethsabe. And she came into the kinges presence, and stoode before him.

    29And the king sware, saying: As the Lord lyueth that hath ryd my soule out of all aduersite,

    30Euen as I sware vnto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy sonne shal raigne after me, & he shal sit vpon my seate for me: so will I certeinly do this day.

    31Then Bethsabe bowed on her face to the earth, and dyd reuerence vnto the king, & sayde: I pray God that my lorde king Dauid may lyue for euer.

    32And king Dauid sayde: Call me Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada. And they came before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 2:13-14
    2 verses
    83%

    13And Adonia the sonne of Haggith came to Bethsabe the mother of Solomon, and she sayde: Comest thou peaceably? And he sayde, peaceably.

    14He sayde moreouer: I haue somwhat to say vnto thee. She sayd: Say on.

  • 2 Sam 14:12
    75%

    12The woman sayde: Let thyne handmayde speake one worde vnto my lorde the king. And he sayde: Say on.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20-24
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    74%

    20And nowe my lorde O king, the eyes of all Israel wayte on thee, that thou shouldest tell them who ought to sit on the seate of my lord the king after him:

    21For els when my lorde the king shall sleepe with his fathers, I & my sonne Solomon shalbe synners.

    22And lo whyle she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came also.

    23And they told the king, saying: Behold, here commeth Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in to the king, he made obeysaunce before the king vpo his face on the grounde.

    24And Nathan sayde: My lord (O king) hast thou sayde, Adonia shall raigne after me, and he shall sit vpon my seate?

  • 2 Sam 14:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18Then the king aunswered, and sayde vnto the woman: Hyde not from me I pray thee ye thing that I shall aske thee. And the woman sayde: Let my lord the king nowe speake.

    19And the king sayd: Is not the hand of Ioab with thee in all this matter? The woman aunswered, and sayde: As thy soule liueth my lorde the king, I wil not turne to the right hande nor to the left from ought that my lorde the king hath spoke: for euen thy seruaunt Ioab bad me, and he put all these wordes in the mouth of thyne handmayde:

  • 2 Sam 14:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3And come to the king, and speake on this maner vnto hym (And so Ioab taught her what she should say.)

    4And when the woman of Thekoa spake with the king, she fell on her face to the grounde, and did obeysaunce, and sayde: Helpe, O king.

  • 2 Sam 14:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15Nowe therfore I am come to speake of this thing vnto the my lord the king, because they that be of ye people haue made me afrayd: And thy handmayde sayd, Now will I speake vnto the king, it may be that the king will perfourme the request of his handmayde.

    16And the king shall heare his handmayde, to deliuer her out of the hand of the man that woulde haue destroyed me, and also my sonne out of the inheritaunce of God.

  • 2 Sam 12:24
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    24And Dauid comforted Bethsabe his wyfe, & went in vnto her and lay with her, and she bare a sonne, and he called his name Solomon, and the Lord loued him,

  • 2 Sam 11:3
    72%

    3And Dauid sent to enquire what woman it should be: And one saide, Is not this Bethsabe the daughter of Eliam, and wyfe to Urias the Hethite?

  • 2 Sam 14:8
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    8And the king sayde vnto the woman: Go home to thyne house, I wyll geue a charge for thee.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46-47
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    71%

    46And Solomon sitteth on the seate of the kingdome.

    47And moreouer, the kinges seruauntes came to blesse our lorde king Dauid, saying: God make the name of Solomo more honorable then thy name, & make his seate greater then thy seate. And the king bowed him selfe vpon the bed.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35And then ye shall come vp after him, that he may come and sit vpo my seate, for he shalbe king in my steade: and I haue commaunded him to be captayne ouer Israel and Iuda.

    36And Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada aunswered the king, and sayde, Amen: And the Lord God of my lorde the king say so to.

  • 2 Chr 1:8
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    8And Solomon saide vnto God: Thou hast shewed great mercie vnto Dauid my father, and hast made me to raigne in his steade.

  • 1 Kgs 1:2
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    2Wherefore his seruauntes sayde vnto him: Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgyn, to stande before the king and to cherishe him, and let her lye in thy bosome, that my lorde the king may get heate.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
    70%

    15According to all these wordes, and according to al this vision, did Nathan tell king Dauid.

  • 1 Kgs 2:30
    70%

    30And Banaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lorde, and sayde vnto him: Thus sayeth the king, Come out. And he sayde: Nay, but I wil dye euen here. And Banaiah brought the king word againe, saying: Thus sayde Ioab, and thus he aunswered me.

  • 2 Sam 14:10
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    10And the king saide: If any man say ought vnto thee, bring him to me, and he shall hurt thee no more.

  • 1 Kgs 1:43
    69%

    43And Ionathan aunswered and sayde to Adonia: Ueryly our lorde king Dauid hath made Solomon king.

  • 1 Kgs 1:5
    69%

    5And Adonia the sonne of Haggith exalted him selfe, saying: I wilbe king. And he gat him charettes and horsemen, and fyftie men to runne before him.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
    69%

    6And Solomon sayde: Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaut Dauid my father great mercie, when he walked before thee in trueth, in righteousnesse, and in plainnesse of heart with thee, and thou hast kept for him this great mercy, that thou hast geuen him a sonne to sit on his seate, as it is come to passe this day.