1 Kings 1:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

Behold, while you yet speak there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:17-27 : 17 And she said to him, My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your servant, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it. 19 And he has sacrificed oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but Solomon your servant he has not called. 20 And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 Otherwise, it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted as offenders. 22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. 23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 25 For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, Long live King Adonijah. 26 But me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not called. 27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown it to your servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
  • 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:11-13
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    11Therefore Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord does not know it?

    12Now therefore come, let me, I pray you, give you advice, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.

    13Go and approach King David, and say to him, Did you not, my lord, O king, swear to your servant, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?

  • 1 Kgs 2:16-24
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    16And now I ask one request of you, do not deny me. And she said unto him, Speak on.

    17And he said, Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, that he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.

    18And Bathsheba said, Very well; I will speak for you to the king.

    19Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and had a seat set for the king's mother; and she sat at his right hand.

    20Then she said, I desire one small petition of you; please do not deny me. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not refuse you.

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

    22And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother—for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

    23Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

    24Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.

  • 1 Kgs 1:15-18
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    15And Bathsheba went to the king into the chamber; and the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.

    16And Bathsheba bowed and did homage to the king. And the king said, What do you wish?

    17And she said to him, My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your servant, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

    18And now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20-24
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    20And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

    21Otherwise, it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted as offenders.

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

    23And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

    24And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

  • 1 Kgs 2:13-14
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    13And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Do you come peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

    14He said moreover, I have something to say unto you. And she said, Speak on.

  • 1 Kgs 1:26-28
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    26But me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not called.

    27Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown it to your servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

    28Then King David answered and said, Call Bathsheba to me. And she came into the king's presence and stood before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 1:30-32
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    30even as I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my place; even so will I certainly do this day.

    31Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord King David live forever.

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:35-37
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    35Then you shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

    36And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, Amen. May the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

    37As the LORD has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.

  • 1 Kgs 1:42-43
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    42And while he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said to him, Come in, for you are a valiant man and bring good news.

    43And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily, our lord King David has made Solomon king.

  • 2 Sam 14:15-16
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    15Now therefore I have come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, because the people have made me afraid: and your maidservant said, I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his maidservant.

    16For the king will hear, to deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

  • 2 Sam 14:3
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    3And come to the king, and speak in this manner to him. So Joab put words in her mouth.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46-47
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    46And also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.

    47Moreover, the king's servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

  • 2 Sam 14:18
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    18Then the king answered and said to the woman, Do not hide from me, I pray you, the thing that I shall ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

  • 2 Sam 14:12
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    12Then the woman said, Let your maidservant, I pray you, speak one word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak on.

  • 2 Sam 13:35
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    35And Jonadab said to the king, Behold, the king's sons are coming: as your servant said, so it is.

  • 1 Chr 17:11
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    11And it shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26
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    26And now, O God of Israel, let your word, I pray you, be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
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    15According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
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    4That the Lord may continue His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 14:8
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    8And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.

  • 1 Kgs 1:7
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    7And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.

  • 2 Sam 12:24
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    24David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her: she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

  • 1 Kgs 1:5
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    5Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.