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1 Kings 1:17

in 1 Kings 1

“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.’

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by Jehovah thy God unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

KJV

And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

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This verse in 1 Kings 1

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

This site's exposition

by the LORD your God

on 1 Kings 1:17-18

Bathsheba reminds David of an oath the text has not recorded until now, that he swore by the Lord that Solomon would reign after him. She reports Adonijah already reigning as settled fact and adds the detail that cuts deepest, that David does not even know it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And she said unto him, my lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid,.... Which was a very solemn oath, and binding, and which she puts David in mind of, knowing that so conscientious a man as he was would religiously observe it: saying, assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and shall sit upon my throne; be his successor in it, and established on it.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַתֹּ֣אמֶרand she said

    vatomerH559 →5305 times

  • ל֗וֹto him

    lo

  • אֲדֹנִי֙O lord my

    ʾadoniH113 →333 times

  • אַתָּ֨הyou

    ʾatahH859 →1094 times

  • נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתָּyou swore an oath

    nishba'taH7650 →186 times

  • בַּֽיהוָ֤הby Yahweh

    bayahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙God your

    ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times

  • לַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָto maidservant your

    laamatekhaH519 →56 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֥הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • בְנֵ֖ךְson your

    venekhH1121 →4930 times

  • יִמְלֹ֣ךְhe will reign

    yimlokhH4427 →348 times

  • אַחֲרָ֑יafter me

    ʾacharaiH310 →715 times

  • וְה֖וּאand he

    vehu'H1931 →1879 times

  • יֵשֵׁ֥בhe will sit

    yeshevH3427 →1079 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כִּסְאִֽי׃throne my

    kisiH3678 →135 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 1:13Go 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?’5 works1 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.”5 works1 Chronicles 14:4These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,2 works1 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.”2 worksGenesis 18:12So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”1 works1 Peter 3:6just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Peter 3:6

    just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 18:12

      So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

    • Romans 9:7–9

      Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

    • Isaiah 57:11

      Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear…

    • Daniel 3:16–18

      Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

    • Acts 4:19

      But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

  • Through

    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”?…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 1:30

      I 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…

  • Through

    Genesis 18:12

    So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

    it leads to

    • Genesis 17:17

      Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

    • 1 Peter 3:6

      just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 1 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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