35 You are to come up after him, and he is to come in and sit on my throne. He is the one who is to become king in my place; he is the one I have commanded to be ruler(A) over Israel and Judah.”(B)

36 “Amen,” Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied to the king. “May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so affirm it.(C) 37 Just as the Lord was with my lord the king,(D) so may he[a] be with Solomon and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:37 Alt Hb tradition reads so he will

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