Add parallel Print Page Options

David Picks Solomon as His Successor

28 King David responded,[a] “Summon Bathsheba!”[b] She came and stood before the king.[c] 29 The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me[d] from every danger), 30 I will keep[e] today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:28 tn Heb “answered and said.”
  2. 1 Kings 1:28 sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).
  3. 1 Kings 1:28 tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”
  4. 1 Kings 1:29 tn Or “ransomed my life.”
  5. 1 Kings 1:30 tn Or “carry out, perform.”

David Makes Solomon King(A)

28 Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.

29 The king then took an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,(B) 30 I will surely carry out this very day what I swore(C) to you by the Lord, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”

Read full chapter