1 Kings 1:27-29
New English Translation
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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- 1 Kings 1:27 tc Many Hebrew mss and ancient textual witnesses agree with the Qere in reading this as singular, “your servant.”
- 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?”
- 1 Kings 1:28 tn Heb “answered and said.”
- 1 Kings 1:28 sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).
- 1 Kings 1:28 tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”
- 1 Kings 1:29 tn Or “ransomed my life.”
1 Kings 1:27-29
New International Version
27 Is this something my lord the king has done without letting his servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”
David Makes Solomon King(A)
28 Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.
29 The king then took an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,(B)
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