Verse 2
1 Kings 1:2
Literal Standard Version
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and his servants say to him, “Let them seek for a young woman, a virgin, for my lord the king, and she has stood before the king, and is a companion to him, and has lain in your bosom, and my lord the king has heat.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣/וֹ עֲבָדָ֗י/ו יְבַקְשׁ֞וּ לַ/אדֹנִ֤/י הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ נַעֲרָ֣ה בְתוּלָ֔ה וְ/עָֽמְדָה֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וּ/תְהִי ל֖/וֹ סֹכֶ֑נֶת וְ/שָׁכְבָ֣ה בְ/חֵיקֶ֔/ךָ וְ/חַ֖ם לַ/אדֹנִ֥/י הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
English Translation
And his servants said to him, "Let them seek for a young virgin girl to stand before the king, and let her be a nurse for him, and let her lie in your bosom, so that she may be a nurse for the king."
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Chapter 1 Context
1
And King David is old, entering into days, and they cover him with garments, and he has no heat,
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and his servants say to him, “Let them seek for a young woman, a virgin, for my lord the king, and s...
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And they seek for a beautiful young woman in all the border of Israel, and find Abishag the Shunammi...
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and the young woman is very, very beautiful, and she is a companion to the king, and serves him, and...
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And Adonijah son of Haggith is lifting himself up, saying, “I reign”; and he prepares for himself a...
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and his father has not grieved him all his days, saying, “Why have you done this?” And he also is of...
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And his words are with Joab son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they help after Adonij...
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8
and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and...
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9
And Adonijah sacrifices sheep and oxen and fatlings near the stone of Zoheleth that is by En-Rogel,...
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and he has not called Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty ones, and his brother Solomon.
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11
And Nathan speaks to Bathsheba, mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of...
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12
And now, come, please let me counsel you, and deliver your life and the life of your son Solomon;
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go and enter in to King David, and you have said to him: Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to you...
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14
Behold, you are yet speaking there with the king, and I come in after you, and have completed your w...
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15
And Bathsheba comes in to the king, into the inner chamber, and the king is very aged, and Abishag t...
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and Bathsheba bows and pays respect to the king, and the king says, “What do you want?”
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And she says to him, “My lord, you have sworn by your God (Elohim) YHWH to your handmaid, saying, Su...
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and now, behold, Adonijah has reigned, and now, my lord, O king, you have not known;
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and he sacrifices ox, and fatling, and sheep in abundance, and calls for all the sons of the king, a...
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And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to declare to them who sit on the thron...
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and it has been, when my lord the king lies with his fathers, that I have been, I and my son Solomon...
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And behold, she is yet speaking with the king, and Nathan the prophet has come in;
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and they declare to the king, saying, “Behold, Nathan the prophet”; and he comes in before the king,...
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And Nathan says, “My lord, O king, you have said, Adonijah reigns after me, and he sits on my throne...
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for he has gone down today, and sacrifices ox, and fatling, and sheep, in abundance, and calls for a...
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But he has not called for me, your servant, and for Zadok the priest, and for Benaiah, son of Jehoia...
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if this thing has been from my lord the king, then you have not caused your servant to know who sits...
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And King David answers and says, “Call for Bathsheba for me”; and she comes in before the king, and...
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And the king swears and says, “YHWH lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity;
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surely as I swore to you by YHWH, God (Elohim) of Israel, saying, Surely your son Solomon reigns aft...
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And Bathsheba bows—face to the earth—and pays respect to the king, and says, “Let my lord, King Davi...
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And King David says, “Call for Zadok the priest, and for Nathan the prophet, and for Benaiah son of...
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And the king says to them, “Take the servants of your lord with you, and you have caused my son Solo...
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and Zadok the priest has anointed him there—and Nathan the prophet—for king over Israel, and you hav...
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and you have come up after him, and he has come in and has sat on my throne, and he reigns in my ste...
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And Benaiah son of Jehoiada answers the king and says, “Amen! So does YHWH, God (Elohim) of my lord...
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as YHWH has been with my lord the king, so is He with Solomon, and makes his throne greater than the...
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38
And Zadok the priest goes down, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Chereth...
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and Zadok the priest takes the horn of oil out of the tent, and anoints Solomon, and they blow with...
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And all the people come up after him, and the people are piping with pipes, and rejoicing with great...
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And Adonijah hears, and all those called who are with him, and they have finished to eat, and Joab h...
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He is yet speaking, and behold, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest has come in, and Adonijah says,...
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And Jonathan answers and says to Adonijah, “Truly our lord King David has caused Solomon to reign,
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and the king sends with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a...
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and they anoint him—Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet—for king in Gihon, and have come up ther...
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And also Solomon has sat on the throne of the kingdom,
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and also the servants of the king have come into bless our lord King David, saying, Your God (Elohim...
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and also thus the king has said, Blessed is YHWH, God (Elohim) of Israel, who has given one sitting...
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And they tremble, and rise—all those called who are for Adonijah—and go, each on his way;
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and Adonijah fears because of Solomon, and rises, and goes, and lays hold on the horns of the altar.
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And it is declared to Solomon, saying, “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and behold, he has laid...
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And Solomon says, “If he becomes a virtuous man—there does not fall even one hair of his to the eart...
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And King Solomon sends, and they bring him down from off the altar, and he comes in and bows himself...
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