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13 Go [a]at once to King David and say to him, ‘Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, “(A)Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’

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  1. 1 Kings 1:13 Lit and enter

17 And she said to him, “My lord, you swore to your maidservant by [a]Yahweh your God, saying, ‘(A)Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne.’

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  1. 1 Kings 1:17 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15