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31 Then Bathsheba bowed low before him[a] again and exclaimed, “Oh, thank you, sir. May my lord the king live forever!”

32 “Call Zadok the priest,” the king ordered, “and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah.”

When they arrived, 33 he said to them, “Take Solomon and my officers to Gihon. Solomon is to ride on my personal mule,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:31 bowed low before him, literally, “did reverence to the king.”

31 Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself before the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

32 King David said, “Call in Zadok(A) the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” When they came before the king, 33 he said to them: “Take your lord’s servants with you and have Solomon my son mount my own mule(B) and take him down to Gihon.(C)

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