Verse 31
1 Kings 1:31
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And Bethsabee bowing with her face to the earth worshipped the king, saying: May my lord David live for ever.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תִּקֹּ֨ד בַּת שֶׁ֤בַע אַפַּ֨יִם֙ אֶ֔רֶץ וַ/תִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ לַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶר יְחִ֗י אֲדֹנִ֛/י הַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְ דָּוִ֖ד לְ/עֹלָֽם
English Translation
And Bathsheba bowed down to the king and said, "Long live my lord King David forever."
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Chapter 1 Context
1
Now king David was old, and advanced in years: and when he was covered with clothes, he was not warm...
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His servants therefore said to him: Let us seek for our lord the king, a young virgin, and let her s...
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3
So they sought a beautiful young woman in all the coasts of Israel, and they found Abisag a Sunamite...
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And the damsel was exceeding beautiful, and she slept with the king: and served him, but the king di...
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5
And Adonias the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying: I will be king. And he made himself chariots...
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Neither did his father rebuke him at any time, saying: Why hast thou done this? And he also was very...
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7
And he conferred with Joab the son of Sarvia, and with Abiathar the priest, who furthered Adonias's...
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8
But Sadoc the priest, and Banaias the son of Joiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Semei, and Rei, and...
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9
And Adonias having slain rams and calves, and all fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which was nea...
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10
But Nathan the prophet, and Banaias, and all the valiant men, and Solomon his brother, he invited no...
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11
And Nathan said to Bethsabee the mother of Solomon: Hast thou not heard that Adonias the son of Hagg...
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12
Now then come, take my counsel and save thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
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13
Go, and get thee in to king David, and say to him: Didst not thou, my lord O king, swear to me thy h...
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14
And while thou art yet speaking there with the king, I will come in after thee, and will fill up thy...
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15
So Bethsabee went in to the king into the chamber: now the king was very old, and Abisag the Sunamit...
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16
Bethsabee bowed herself, and worshipped the king. And the king said to her: What is thy will?
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She answered and said: My lord, thou didst swear to thy handmaid by the Lord thy God (Elohim), sayin...
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And behold now Adonias reigneth, and thou, my lord the king, knowest nothing of it.
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He hath killed oxen, and all fat cattle, and many rams, and invited all the king's sons, and Abiatha...
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And now, my lord O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldst tell them, who sha...
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21
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king sleepeth with his fathers, that I and my son...
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22
As she was yet speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came.
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And they told the king, saying: Nathan the prophet is here. And when he was come in before the king,...
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Nathan said: My lord O king, hast thou said: Let Adonias reign after me, and let him sit upon my thr...
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Because he is gone down to day, and hath killed oxen, and fatlings, and many rams, and invited all t...
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But me thy servant, and Sadoc the priest, and Banaias the son of Joiada, and Solomon thy servant he...
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Is this word come out from my lord the king, and hast thou not told me thy servant who should sit on...
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And king David answered and said: Call to me Bethsabee. And when she was come in to the king, and st...
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29
The king swore and said: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress,
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Even as I swore to thee by the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel, saying: Solomon thy son shall reign...
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31
And Bethsabee bowing with her face to the earth worshipped the king, saying: May my lord David live...
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King David also said: Call me Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaias the son of Joiad...
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33
He said to them: Take with you the servants of your lord, and set my son Solomon upon my mule: and b...
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And let Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and you shall so...
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And you shall come up after him, and he shall come, and shall sit upon my throne, and he shall reign...
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And Banaias the son of Joiada answered the king, saying: Amen: so say the Lord the God (Elohim) of m...
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37
As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, so be he with Solomon, and make his throne higher than...
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38
So Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet went down, and Banaias the son of Joiada, and the Cereth...
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And Sadoc the priest took a horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon: and they sounde...
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40
And all the multitude went up after him, and the people played with pipes, and rejoiced with a great...
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41
And Adonias, and all that were invited by him, heard it, and now the feast was at an end: Joab also...
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42
While he yet spoke, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonias said to him: Come in,...
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43
And Jonathan answered Adonias: Not so: for our lord king David hath appointed Solomon king.
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And hath sent with him Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaias the son of Joiada, and...
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And Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are gone up f...
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Moreover Solomon sitteth upon the throne of the kingdom,
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And the king's servants going in have blessed our lord king David, saying: May God (Elohim) make the...
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48
And he said: Blessed be the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel, who hath given this day one to sit on m...
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49
Then all the guests of Adonias were afraid, and they all arose and every man went his way.
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50
And Adonias fearing Solomon, arose, and went, and took hold on the horn of the altar.
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51
And they told Solomon, saying: Behold Adonias, fearing king Solomon, hath taken hold of the horn of...
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And Solomon said: If he be a good man, there shall not so much as one hair of his head fall to the g...
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Then king Solomon sent, and brought him out from the altar: and going in he worshipped king Solomon:...
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