1 Kings 1:16
in 1 Kings 1And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
KJV
And Bath–sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
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This verse in 1 Kings 1
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Bath-sheba bowed, like the woman of Tekoah 2Sa 14:4, with the humble prostration of a suppliant. Hence, the king’s question, “What wouldest thou?”
This site's exposition
the king was very old
on 1 Kings 1:15-16
Bathsheba goes in to a king so old that Abishag is still ministering to him in the room, and she bows before she speaks a word. The king's opening question, what wouldest thou, is the first thing he says in the whole chapter, a man who has said nothing while his kingdom decided itself without him. His silence to this point is part of the crisis Bathsheba has come to end.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
on 1 Kings 1:11-27
Adonijah, in common with the people generally, expected that this natural arrangement should be followed in the Hebrew kingdom as in all others. Nathan, who was aware of the old king's solemn promise to Solomon, and, moreover, that this promise was sanctioned by the divine will, saw that no time was to be lost.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתִּקֹּ֣ד | vatikod | and she bowed low | H6915 → | |
| בַּת־ | bat- | Bath- | H1339 → | 20 times |
| שֶׁ֔בַע | sheva' | -sheba | H1339 → | 20 times |
| וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ | vatishtachu | and she bowed down | H7812 → | 172 times |
| לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | lamelekh | to the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| מַה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| לָּֽךְ׃ | lakh | [is] to you |
וַתִּקֹּ֣דand she bowed low
vatikodH6915 →
בַּת־Bath-
bat-H1339 →20 times
שֶׁ֔בַע-sheba
sheva'H1339 →20 times
וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּand she bowed down
vatishtachuH7812 →172 times
לַמֶּ֑לֶךְto the king
lamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
מַה־what?
mah-H4100 →752 times
לָּֽךְ׃[is] to you
lakh
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 20:21“What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”
it leads to
- Esther 5:3
“What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve…
- Mark 10:36–37
“What do you want Me to do for you?” He inquired.
- Psalms 110:1
The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
- 1 Kings 3:5
One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
- Esther 5:3
Through
Esther 7:2and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to…
it leads to
- John 16:24
Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
- John 16:24
Through
1 Samuel 25:23When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 20:41
When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept…
- 1 Samuel 20:41
Through
1 Samuel 24:8After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 25:23–24
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
- 1 Samuel 25:23–24
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.