1 Kings 1:37

KJV1611 – Modern English

As 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.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:47 : 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 Sam 20:13 : 13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will show it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and the LORD be with you, as He has been with my father.
  • Josh 1:5 : 5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you, nor forsake you.
  • Josh 1:17 : 17 Just as we heeded Moses in all things, so we will heed you. Only the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
  • 2 Sam 24:3 : 3 And Joab said to the king, Now the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, a hundredfold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?
  • Exod 3:12 : 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain.
  • 1 Kgs 3:7-9 : 7 And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. 8 And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude. 9 Therefore give your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil: for who is able to judge this your great people?
  • 2 Kgs 2:9 : 9 And it happened, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken away from you. And Elisha said, I pray you, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.
  • 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 1:1 : 1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
  • Ps 46:7 : 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Ps 46:11 : 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Ps 72:8 : 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.
  • Ps 72:17-19 : 17 His name shall endure forever; his name shall continue as long as the sun, and men shall be blessed in him; all nations shall call him blessed. 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. 19 And blessed be his glorious name forever, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
  • Ps 89:27 : 27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
  • Isa 8:10 : 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
  • Dan 7:14 : 14 And there was given to him dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

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  • 1 Kgs 1:30-36
    7 verses
    82%

    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.

    33The king also said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

    34And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel, and blow the trumpet, and say, God save King Solomon.

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 1:43-48
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    81%

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

    44And the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule.

    45And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise you have heard.

    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.

    48And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has granted one to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.

  • 1 Kgs 1:38-39
    2 verses
    79%

    38So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and caused Solomon to ride upon King David's mule and brought him to Gihon.

    39And Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 1:1
    79%

    1And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

  • 1 Kgs 1:26-27
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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?

  • 1 Kgs 1:20-22
    3 verses
    78%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 1:8-9
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    78%

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

    9Now, O LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
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    45And King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.

  • 1 Kgs 1:24
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    24And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

  • 1 Chr 22:11
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    11Now, my son, the LORD be with you; and prosper you, and build the house of the LORD your God, as he has said of you.

  • 1 Kgs 1:17
    77%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 29:23
    76%

    23Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6-7
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    76%

    6And 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.

    7And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

  • 1 Kgs 2:12
    75%

    12Then Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.

  • 1 Chr 29:25
    75%

    25And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 10:9
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    9Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.

  • 1 Chr 28:7
    74%

    7Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he remains steadfast to obey my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

  • 1 Chr 22:17
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    17David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

  • 2 Chr 9:8
    74%

    8Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you to set you on His throne as king for the LORD your God! Because your God loved Israel to establish them forever, He made you king over them to execute justice and righteousness.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
    74%

    15According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

  • 1 Kgs 1:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    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?

  • 2 Sam 7:17
    73%

    17According to all these words and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.

  • 1 Chr 28:5
    73%

    5And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    73%

    1Furthermore, King David said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

  • 1 Chr 28:20
    73%

    20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    73%

    38And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Chr 29:19
    73%

    19And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.

  • 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.

  • 1 Kgs 2:24
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    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 3:14
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    14And if you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.

  • 2 Sam 7:25
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    25And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have said.

  • 1 Kgs 5:7
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    7And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, Blessed be the LORD today, who has given David a wise son over this great people.