30 just as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne in my place,(A) that is exactly what I will do this very day.”(B)

31 Bathsheba knelt low with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king,(C) and said, “May my lord King David live forever!” (D)

32 King David then said, “Call in the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada for me.”(E) So they came into the king’s presence.

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