1 Kings 1:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Sam 20:41 : 41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
  • 1 Sam 24:8 : 8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and showed respect.
  • 1 Sam 25:23 : 23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off the donkey and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
  • 1 Kgs 1:23 : 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.
  • 1 Kgs 2:20 : 20 Then 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.
  • Esth 7:2 : 2 And the king said again to Esther on the second day during the wine banquet, What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted to you: and what is your request? It shall be fulfilled, even up to half of the kingdom.
  • Matt 20:21 : 21 And he said to her, What do you wish? She said to him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, one on your right hand, and the other on the left, in your kingdom.
  • Matt 20:32 : 32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What do you want me to do for you?

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  • 1 Kgs 1:27-32
    6 verses
    87%

    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?

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

    29 And the king swore and said, As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

    30 even 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.

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

    32 And 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 1:17
    85%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 2:16-22
    7 verses
    85%

    16 And now I ask one request of you, do not deny me. And she said unto him, Speak on.

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

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

    19 Bathsheba 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.

    20 Then 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.

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

    22 And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 1:11-15
    5 verses
    84%

    11 Therefore 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?

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

    13 Go 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?

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

    15 And Bathsheba went to the king into the chamber; and the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46-47
    2 verses
    79%

    46 And also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.

    47 Moreover, 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.

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
    77%

    53 So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

  • 1 Kgs 2:13-14
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    77%

    13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Do you come peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:22-24
    3 verses
    76%

    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?

  • 2 Sam 14:4
    76%

    4 And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

  • 2 Sam 11:2-3
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    75%

    2 And it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.

    3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

  • 2 Sam 12:24
    75%

    24 David 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.

  • 2 Chr 1:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.

    8 And Solomon said to God, You have shown great mercy to David my father, and have made me to reign in his place.

  • 1 Chr 29:20
    73%

    20 And David said to all the assembly, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the assembly blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshiped the LORD, and the king.

  • 1 Sam 25:41
    73%

    41 And she arose and bowed herself with her face to the ground, and said, Behold, let your maidservant be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

  • 2 Sam 14:12
    73%

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 1:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 Now King David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gained no warmth.

    2 Therefore his servants said to him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin, and let her stand before the king and care for him, and let her lie in your arms, that my lord the king may gain warmth.

  • 1 Sam 24:8
    72%

    8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and showed respect.

  • 2 Sam 14:15
    72%

    15 Now 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.

  • 2 Sam 24:20
    72%

    20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

  • 2 Sam 14:18
    72%

    18 Then 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.

  • 1 Kgs 1:4
    71%

    4 And the young woman was very beautiful, and she cared for the king and served him, but the king did not know her intimately.

  • 2 Chr 9:12
    71%

    12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what she had brought to the king. So she turned and went back to her own land, she and her servants.

  • 2 Sam 14:33
    71%

    33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
    71%

    6 And Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great mercy, as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

  • 1 Kgs 1:36
    71%

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

  • 1 Chr 17:16
    71%

    16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

  • 1 Chr 21:21
    71%

    21 As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out from the threshing floor, and bowed to David with his face to the ground.