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15 Bathsheba went in to the king in his room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king. 16 Bathsheba bowed, and showed respect to the king. The king said, “What would you like?”

17 She said to him, “My lord, you swore by Yahweh[a] your God[b] to your servant, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’

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Footnotes

  1. 1:17 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
  2. 1:17 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).