Verse 48
1 Kings 1:48
Literal Standard Version
48
and also thus the king has said, Blessed is YHWH, God (Elohim) of Israel, who has given one sitting on my throne today, and my eyes are seeing.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/גַם כָּ֖כָה אָמַ֣ר הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ בָּר֨וּךְ יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֥ן הַ/יּ֛וֹם יֹשֵׁ֥ב עַל כִּסְאִ֖/י וְ/עֵינַ֥/י רֹאֽוֹת
English Translation
And also, thus said the king: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who has given today one to sit on my throne, and my eyes see.
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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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5
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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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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10
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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20
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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22
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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24
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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31
And Bathsheba bows—face to the earth—and pays respect to the king, and says, “Let my lord, King Davi...
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32
And King David says, “Call for Zadok the priest, and for Nathan the prophet, and for Benaiah son of...
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33
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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37
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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39
and Zadok the priest takes the horn of oil out of the tent, and anoints Solomon, and they blow with...
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40
And all the people come up after him, and the people are piping with pipes, and rejoicing with great...
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41
And Adonijah hears, and all those called who are with him, and they have finished to eat, and Joab h...
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42
He is yet speaking, and behold, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest has come in, and Adonijah says,...
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43
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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47
and also the servants of the king have come into bless our lord King David, saying, Your God (Elohim...
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48
and also thus the king has said, Blessed is YHWH, God (Elohim) of Israel, who has given one sitting...
49
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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