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1 Kings 1:30

in 1 Kings 1

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 throne in my place.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

verily as I sware unto thee by Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verily so will I do this day.

KJV

Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

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This verse in 1 Kings 1

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Ishodad of Merv

BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 1:30 · Written before 850.

In the first place, he appoints Solomon as king, even though he had many sons, in order to confound the fools, who believed that nature is more valuable than a virtuous spirit before God. In the second place, he did this because he feared that …

This site's exposition

I will carry out this very day

on 1 Kings 1:30-31

David repeats his earlier promise, that Solomon “will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”. He vows to “carry out this very day” what he swore, and the private oath becomes a public act. Bathsheba answers with a subject's blessing, “May my lord King David live forever!”

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel,.... And so owns and confirms the truth of what Nathan had suggested to Bathsheba, and she had asserted, 1Ki 1:13; saying, assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; this was the substance of the oath: even so will I certainly do this day; perform this oath, and set Solomon on the throne.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Though he is old, and his memory begins to fail him, yet he remembers this. Note, An oath is so sacred a thing that the obligations of it cannot be broken, and so solemn a thing that the impressions of it, one would think, cannot be forgotten.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba--He renews to her the solemn pledge he had given, in terms of solemnity and impressiveness which show that the aged monarch had roused himself to the duty the emergency called for. SOLOMON, BY DAVID'S APPOINTMENT, IS ANOINTED KING.

The words behind it

23 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.

  • כִּ֡יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁר֩just as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • נִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּיI swore

    nishba'tiH7650 →186 times

  • לָ֜ךְto you

    lakh

  • בַּיהוָ֨הby Yahweh

    bayahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֤י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֤הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • בְנֵךְ֙son your

    venekhH1121 →4930 times

  • יִמְלֹ֣ךְhe will reign

    yimlokhH4427 →348 times

  • אַחֲרַ֔יafter me

    ʾacharaiH310 →715 times

  • וְה֛וּאand he

    vehu'H1931 →1879 times

  • יֵשֵׁ֥בhe will sit

    yeshevH3427 →1079 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כִּסְאִ֖יthrone my

    kisiH3678 →135 times

  • תַּחְתָּ֑יin place of me

    tachtaiH8478 →505 times

  • כִּ֛יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • כֵּ֥ןso

    kenH3651 →771 times

  • אֶעֱשֶׂ֖הI will do

    ʾeesehH6213 →2628 times

  • הַיּ֥וֹםthe day

    haiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 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

    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 1:17

      “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.’

    • Luke 1:32–33

      He 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 Kings 2:12

      So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.

    • Psalms 132:11–12

      The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

    • 1 Chronicles 22:6–13

      Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • Through

    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.’

    it leads to

    • 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”?…

    • 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.

    • 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?”

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 Ishodad of Merv, BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 1:30; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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