16 Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself [a]before the king. And the king said, “What [b]do you wish?” 17 She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your maidservant by the Lord your God, saying, ‘(A)Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne.’ 18 Now, behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.

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  1. 1 Kings 1:16 Lit to
  2. 1 Kings 1:16 Lit to you