1 Kings 1:23

World English Bible (2000)

They told the king, saying, "Behold, Nathan the prophet!" When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 1:16 : 16 Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, "What would you like?"
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 1:21-22
    2 verses
    89%

    21Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders."

    22Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

  • 1 Kgs 1:24-25
    2 verses
    82%

    24Nathan said, "My lord, king, have you said, 'Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?'

    25For he is gone down this day, and has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest. Behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, 'Long live king Adonijah!'

  • 1 Kgs 1:31-33
    3 verses
    81%

    31Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever!"

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

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

  • 1 Chr 17:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

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

    16Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, "Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

  • 2 Sam 24:20
    76%

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

  • 1 Chr 17:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh is under curtains."

    2Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you."

    3It happened the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 1:10-16
    7 verses
    76%

    10but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he didn't call.

    11Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, "Haven't you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn't know it?

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

    13Go in to king David, and tell him, 'Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?'

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

    15Bathsheba went in to the king into the room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.

    16Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, "What would you like?"

  • 2 Sam 7:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

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

    18Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, "Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

  • 1 Kgs 1:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

    28Then king David answered, "Call to me Bathsheba." She came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
    75%

    53So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house."

  • 2 Sam 7:1-4
    4 verses
    74%

    1It happened, when the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies all around,

    2that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains."

    3Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you."

    4It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying,

  • 2 Sam 12:1
    74%

    1Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

  • 1 Chr 21:21
    74%

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:42-47
    6 verses
    73%

    42While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, "Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news."

    43Jonathan answered Adonijah, "Most certainly our lord king David has made Solomon king.

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

    45Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.

    46Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.

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

  • 2 Sam 1:2
    73%

    2it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

  • 2 Sam 12:7
    72%

    7Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 14:4
    71%

    4When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, "Help, O king!"

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
    71%

    35Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place. I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah."

  • 2 Sam 14:33
    71%

    33So 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 2:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18Bathsheba said, "Alright. I will speak for you to the king."

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:37
    70%

    37As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David."

  • 1 Sam 25:23
    70%

    23When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

  • 2 Sam 12:13
    70%

    13David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh." Nathan said to David, "Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die.

  • 2 Sam 13:35
    70%

    35Jonadab said to the king, "Behold, the king's sons are coming! It is as your servant said."

  • 1 Sam 24:8
    70%

    8David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

  • 2 Sam 18:28
    70%

    28Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, "All is well." He bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, "Blessed is Yahweh your God, who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king!"