1 Kings 1:15-17
International Standard Version
15 So Bathsheba went to the king in his private room. Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending to him.[a] 16 Bathsheba knelt and bowed down to the king, and the king asked her, “What do you wish?”
17 “Your majesty,” she replied, “you promised your servant in the name of[b] the Lord your God, ‘Your son Solomon will certainly become king after me and will sit on my throne.’
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- 1 Kings 1:15 Lit. to the king
- 1 Kings 1:17 The Heb. lacks the name of
1 Kings 1:15-17
King James Version
15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
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