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1 Kings 1:22

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And just then, while Bathsheba was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

KJV

And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

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This verse in 1 Kings 1

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Nathan came into the palace, not into the chamber, where he might not enter unannounced. Bath-sheba retired before Nathan entered, in accordance with Oriental ideas of propriety. So, when Bath-sheba was again sent for 1Ki 1:28, Nathan retired (compare 1Ki 1:32).

This site's exposition

while she yet talked with the king

on 1 Kings 1:22-23

While Bathsheba is still speaking, Nathan arrives exactly as he promised, the second witness taking his place while the first is still in the room. He bows himself to the ground before the king, the same posture of full submission David alone commands in this chapter. Two independent witnesses now stand before David within minutes of each other, both reporting the same feast.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

Discourses Against the Arians 2.3-4 · Written before 373.

proposed

Thus fathers often call their sons their servants, yet without denying the genuineness of their nature. In fact, they often affectionately call their own servants children, yet without losing sight of the fact they did purchase them originally. For they use the one appellation from their authority as fathers, but in the other they speak from affection. Thus Sara called Abraham lord, although she was not a servant but a wife.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And, lo, while she yet talked with the king,.... Just as she was concluding her speech to him: Nathan the prophet also came in; as he promised he would; perhaps was at the chamber door all the while Bathsheba was speaking, and when he perceived she was just finishing, he entered in without ceremony, as he had used to do, being the king's seer and counsellor, and a prophet, who had admittance to the king at any time.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

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.

The words behind it

8 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.

  • וְהִנֵּ֛הand there!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • עוֹדֶ֥נָּהstill she

    odenahH5750 →490 times

  • מְדַבֶּ֖רֶת[was] speaking

    medaberetH1696 →1141 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • הַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • וְנָתָ֥ןand Nathan

    venatanH5416 →41 times

  • הַנָּבִ֖יאthe prophet

    hanavi'H5030 →314 times

  • בָּֽא׃he came

    ba'H935 →2568 times

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

Related verses

3 in all, six open

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

    Daniel 9:20

    While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

    it leads to

    • Psalms 145:18

      The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

    • Daniel 9:3–4

      So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

    • Romans 3:23

      for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

  • Through

    Genesis 24:15

    Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 11:29

      And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

    • Genesis 24:45

      And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to…

    • Isaiah 65:24

      Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

    • Daniel 9:20–23

      While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

    • Psalms 65:2

      O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.

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About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 1 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Athanasius of Alexandria, Discourses Against the Arians 2.3-4; F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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