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19 He has sacrificed oxen and sheep and fattened animals in abundance,[a] and he has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, Joab the commander of the army, but Solomon your servant he did not invite. 20 But as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all of Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 It shall be that when my lord the king sleeps with his ancestors,[b] I and my son Solomon will be considered as sinners.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:19 Literally “as far as the many”
  2. 1 Kings 1:21 Or “fathers”