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1 Kings 1:31-33
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31 Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor[a] and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”

32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet,[b] and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king, 33 and he[c] told them, “Take your master’s[d] servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon.[e]

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  1. 1 Kings 1:31 tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”
  2. 1 Kings 1:32 sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.
  3. 1 Kings 1:33 tn Heb “the king.”
  4. 1 Kings 1:33 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.
  5. 1 Kings 1:33 tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”
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