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1 Kings 1:27-29
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27 Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants[a] who should succeed my master the king on his throne?”[b]

David Picks Solomon as His Successor

28 King David responded,[c] “Summon Bathsheba!”[d] She came and stood before the king.[e] 29 The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me[f] from every danger),

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:27 tc Many Hebrew mss and ancient textual witnesses agree with the Qere in reading this as singular, “your servant.”
  2. 1 Kings 1:27 tn Heb “From my master the king is this thing done, and you did not make known to your servants who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him?”
  3. 1 Kings 1:28 tn Heb “answered and said.”
  4. 1 Kings 1:28 sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).
  5. 1 Kings 1:28 tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”
  6. 1 Kings 1:29 tn Or “ransomed my life.”
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