1 Kings 2:14
He added,“I have something to say to you.” She replied,“Speak.”
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Referenced Verses
- 2 Sam 14:12 : 12 Then the woman said,“Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied,“Tell me.”
- Luke 7:40 : 40 So Jesus answered him,“Simon, I have something to say to you.” He replied,“Say it, Teacher.”
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- 1 Kgs 2:15-239 verses83%
15He said,“You know that the kingdom was mine and all Israel considered me king. But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the LORD decided it should be his.
16Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.” She said,“Go ahead and ask.”
17He said,“Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.”
18Bathsheba replied,“That’s fine, I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”
19So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, and she sat at his right hand.
20She said,“I would like to ask you for just one small favor. Please don’t refuse me.” He said,“Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”
21She said,“Allow Abishag the Shunammite to be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.”
22King Solomon answered his mother,“Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
23King Solomon then swore an oath by the LORD,“May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!
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13Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked,“Do you come in peace?” He answered,“Yes.”
- 1 Kgs 1:11-188 verses79%
11Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother,“Has it been reported to you that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back?
12Now let me give you some advice as to how you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.
13Visit King David and say to him,‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise your servant,“Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’
14While you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive and verify your report.”
15So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters.(The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)
16Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said,“What do you want?”
17She replied to him,“My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the LORD your God,‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’
18But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, my master the king, are not even aware of it!
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12Then the woman said,“Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied,“Tell me.”
- 1 Kgs 1:26-283 verses75%
26But he did not invite me– your servant– or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon.
27Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?”
28David Picks Solomon as His Successor King David responded,“Summon Bathsheba!” She came and stood before the king.
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24Nathan said,“My master, O king, did you announce,‘Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne’?
- 2 Sam 14:18-192 verses74%
18Then the king replied to the woman,“Don’t hide any information from me when I question you.” The woman said,“Let my lord the king speak!”
19The king said,“Did Joab put you up to all of this?” The woman answered,“As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant’s mouth.
- 1 Kgs 1:30-323 verses72%
30I will keep today the oath I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel:‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”
31Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said,“May my master, King David, live forever!”
32King David said,“Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,
- 1 Kgs 1:20-223 verses72%
20Now, my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.
21If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”
22Just then, while she was still speaking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
- 2 Sam 14:15-162 verses71%
15I have now come to speak with my lord the king about this matter, because the people have made me fearful. But your servant said,‘I will speak to the king! Perhaps the king will do what his female servant asks.
16Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’
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43Jonathan replied to Adonijah:“No! Our master King David has made Solomon king.
- 2 Chr 1:7-82 verses71%
7That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him,“Tell me what I should give you.”
8Solomon replied to God,“You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.
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8Then the king told the woman,“Go to your home. I will give instructions concerning your situation.”
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2Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.
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3Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.” Then Joab told her what to say.
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17David ordered all the officials of Israel to support his son Solomon.
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3Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.
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10The king said,“Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won’t bother you again!”
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1David’s Final Words to Solomon When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:
- 1 Kgs 1:35-362 verses69%
35Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”
36Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded to the king:“So be it! May the LORD God of my master the king confirm it!
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2Solomon then sent this message to Hiram:
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18She said,“In the past they would always say,‘Let them inquire in Abel,’ and that is how they settled things.
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5The king replied to her,“What do you want?” She answered,“I am a widow; my husband is dead.
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5Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith, was promoting himself, boasting,“I will be king!” He managed to acquire chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.
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16Then Samuel said to Saul,“Wait a minute! Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” Saul said to him,“Tell me.”