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1 Kings 1:31-33
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1 Kings 1:31-33
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31 Bathsheba was overwhelmed with gratefulness, and she bowed down before King David, putting her face to the floor.
Bathsheba: May you live forever, my lord, King David.
King David: 32 Tell Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah (Jehoiada’s son) to come here.
They entered the king’s chambers.
King David: 33 Lead my servants and my son, Solomon, down to Gihon. Give Solomon one of my own mules to ride.
1 Kings 1:31-33
New International Version
1 Kings 1:31-33
New International Version
31 Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself before the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
32 King David said, “Call in Zadok(A) the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” When they came before the king, 33 he said to them: “Take your lord’s servants with you and have Solomon my son mount my own mule(B) and take him down to Gihon.(C)
1 Kings 1:31-33
New King James Version
1 Kings 1:31-33
New King James Version
31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and paid homage to the king, and said, (A)“Let my lord King David live forever!”
32 And King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king. 33 The king also said to them, (B)“Take with you the servants of your lord, and have Solomon my son ride on my own (C)mule, and take him down to (D)Gihon.[a]
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- 1 Kings 1:33 A spring east of Jerusalem in the Kidron Valley
1 Kings 1:31-33
King James Version
1 Kings 1:31-33
King James Version
31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
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