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1 Kings 1:13

Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’

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ASV

Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

KJV

Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

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26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לְכִ֞יle.KhicomeH1980 →
וּבֹ֣אִי׀u.Vo.'iand goH935 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
דָּוִ֗דda.VidDavidH1732 →
וְאָמַ֤רְתְּve.'a.Martand you will sayH559 →
אֵלָיו֙'e.Lavto himH413 →
הֲלֹֽא־ha.lo'-¿ notH3808 →
אַתָּ֞ה'a.TahyouH859 →
אֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiO lord myH113 →
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
נִשְׁבַּ֤עְתָּnish.Ba'.tadid you swear an oathH7650 →
לַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙la.'a.ma.te.Khato maidservant yourH519 →
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֤הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010 →
בְנֵךְ֙ve.neKhson yourH1121 →
יִמְלֹ֣ךְyim.Lokhhe will reignH4427 →
אַחֲרַ֔י'a.cha.Raiafter meH310 →
וְה֖וּאve.Hu'and heH1931 →
יֵשֵׁ֣בye.Shevhe will sitH3427 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
כִּסְאִ֑יkis.'Ithrone myH3678 →
וּמַדּ֖וּעַu.ma.Du.a'and why?H4069 →
מָלַ֥ךְma.Lakhhas he become kingH4427 →
אֲדֹנִיָֽהוּ׃'a.do.ni.Ya.huAdonijahH138 →

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1 Kings 1:30I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”1 Kings 1:17“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’1 Chronicles 22:6–13Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.Psalms 132:11–12The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.1 Kings 2:12So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.Luke 1:32–33He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,1 Chronicles 29:23So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.1 Kings 1:48saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”1 Kings 1:11Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.Jeremiah 33:21then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.1 Kings 1:24“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?1 Chronicles 14:4These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,1 Kings 1:46Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.2 Kings 11:19He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,Deuteronomy 17:18When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.1 Kings 1:35Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”

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