1 Kings 1:24

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • 1 Kgs 1:5 : 5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
  • 1 Kgs 1:13-14 : 13 Go 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?' 14 Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words."
  • 1 Kgs 1:17-18 : 17 She said to him, "My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, 'Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.' 18 Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:10-14
    5 verses
    85%

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

    11 Then 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?

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

    13 Go 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?'

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:25-28
    4 verses
    82%

    25 For 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!'

    26 But he hasn't called me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.

    27 Is 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?"

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:16-23
    8 verses
    82%

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

    17 She said to him, "My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, 'Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.'

    18 Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it.

    19 He has slain cattle and fatlings 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 he hasn't called Solomon your servant.

    20 You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

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

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

    23 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.

  • 1 Kgs 1:34-37
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    82%

    34 Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Blow the trumpet, and say, 'Long live king Solomon!'

    35 Then 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."

    36 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, "Amen. May Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say so.

    37 As 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 Kgs 1:42-44
    3 verses
    82%

    42 While 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."

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

    44 The 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.

  • 1 Chr 17:15-16
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    15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

    16 Then 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?

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

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

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

  • 1 Kgs 2:22-24
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    22 King Solomon answered his mother, "Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah."

    23 Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

    24 Now therefore as Yahweh 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, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day."

  • 2 Sam 7:17
    79%

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:46-48
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    46 Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.

    47 Moreover 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.

    48 Also thus said the king, 'Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day, my eyes even seeing it.'"

  • 1 Kgs 1:5
    77%

    5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

  • 2 Sam 7:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • 2 Sam 12:7
    76%

    7 Nathan 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.

  • 1 Chr 17:3
    76%

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

  • 1 Kgs 2:13-14
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    13 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, "Do you come peaceably?" He said, "Peaceably.

    14 He said moreover, I have something to tell you." She said, "Say on."

  • 1 Kgs 2:18-19
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    18 Bathsheba said, "Alright. I will speak for you to the king."

    19 Bathsheba 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.

  • 2 Sam 12:13
    74%

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:7-8
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    7 He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

    8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

  • 2 Chr 1:8
    74%

    8 Solomon said to God, "You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
    73%

    4 That Yahweh may establish 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,' he said, 'a man on the throne of Israel.'