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1 Kings 1:28

King David answered, "Call Bathsheba to me." And she came into the king's presence and stood before him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bath-Sheba (Bathsheba);   Civil Service;   Intercession;   King;   Oath;   Politics;   Solomon;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nathan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Solomon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Nathan;   Solomon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba;   Nathan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Nathan;   Queen;   Wheel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Firstborn;   Israel;   Nathan;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Presence;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba ;   Benaiah ;   Jehoiada ;   Nathan ;   Zadok ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Bath-sheba;   David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
King David responded by saying, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.
Hebrew Names Version
Then king David answered, Call to me Bat-Sheva. She came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
King James Version
Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
English Standard Version
Then King David answered, "Call Bathsheba to me." So she came into the king's presence and stood before the king.
New Century Version
Then the king said, "Tell Bathsheba to come in!" So she came in and stood before the king.
New English Translation
King David responded, "Summon Bathsheba!" She came and stood before the king.
New American Standard Bible
Then King David responded and said, "Summon Bathsheba to me." And she came into the king's presence and stood before the king.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then King Dauid answered, and saide, Call me Bath-sheba. And shee came into ye Kings presence, and stoode before the King.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then King David answered and said, "Call Bathsheba to me." And she came into the king's presence and stood before the king.
Contemporary English Version
David said, "Tell Bathsheba to come here." She came and stood in front of him.
Complete Jewish Bible
King David answered by saying, "Summon Bat-Sheva to me." She entered the king's presence and stood before the king.
Darby Translation
Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then King David said, "Tell Bathsheba to come in!" So she came in and stood before the king.
George Lamsa Translation
Then King David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the kings presence and stood before him.
Good News Translation
King David said, "Ask Bathsheba to come back in"—and she came and stood before him.
Lexham English Bible
Then King David answered and said, "Summon Bathsheba for me." Then she came before the king and stood in his presence.
Literal Translation
And King David replied and said, Call Bathsheba for me. And she came in before the king, and stood before the king.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The kinge answered and saide: Call Bethseba vnto me. And she came in before the kinge. And whan she stode before the kynge,
American Standard Version
Then king David answered and said, Call to me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
Bible in Basic English
Then King David in answer said, Send for Bath-sheba to come to me. And she came in and took her place before the king.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then king Dauid aunswered, & sayd: Cal me Bethsabe. And she came into the kinges presence, and stoode before him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then king David answered and said: 'Call me Bath-sheba.' And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
King James Version (1611)
Then king Dauid answered, and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the kings presence, and stood before the king.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And king David answered and said, Call me Bersabee: and she came in before the king, and stood before him.
English Revised Version
Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath–sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.
Berean Standard Bible
Then King David said, "Call in Bathsheba for me." So she came into the king's presence and stood before him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And kyng Dauid answeride, and seide, Clepe ye Bersabee to me. And whanne sche hadde entrid bifor the kyng, and hadde stonde bifor hym, the kyng swoor,
Young's Literal Translation
And king David answereth and saith, `Call for me for Bath-Sheba;' and she cometh in before the king, and standeth before the king.
Update Bible Version
Then king David answered and said, Call to me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
World English Bible
Then king David answered, Call to me Bath-sheba. She came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
New King James Version
1 Chronicles 29:22-25">[xr] Then King David answered and said, "Call Bathsheba to me." So she came into the king's presence and stood before the king.
New Living Translation
King David responded, "Call Bathsheba!" So she came back in and stood before the king.
New Life Bible
King David said, "Call Bathsheba to me." And she came and stood in front of the king.
New Revised Standard
King David answered, "Summon Bathsheba to me." So she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then responded King David, and said, Call me Bath-sheba. So she came in before the king, and stood before the king.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And king David answered, and said: Call to me Bethsabee. And when she was come in to the king, and stood before him,
Revised Standard Version
Then King David answered, "Call Bathshe'ba to me." So she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
THE MESSAGE
King David took action: "Get Bathsheba back in here." She entered and stood before the king.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then King David said, "Call Bathsheba to me." And she came into the king's presence and stood before the king.

Contextual Overview

11Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, "Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know about it? 12"Come now, please let me advise you and save your life and the life of your son Solomon. 13"Go at once to King David and say to him, 'Did you not, my lord, O king, swear to your maidservant, saying, "Solomon your son shall certainly be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne"? Why then has Adonijah become king?' 14"Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words." 15So Bathsheba went to the king in his bedroom. Now the king was very old and weak, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending the king. 16So Bathsheba bowed down and paid respect to the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?" 17She said to him, "My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your maidservant, saying, 'Solomon your son shall certainly be king after me and he shall sit on my throne.' 18"But now, behold, Adonijah is [acting as] king; and now [as things stand], my lord the king, you do not know it. 19"He has sacrificed oxen and fattened steers and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army [to a feast], but he did not invite your servant Solomon. 20"Now as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you [waiting for you] to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Call me: She appears to have gone out when Nathan entered; and he retired when she was readmitted.

into the king's presence: Heb. before the king, 1 Kings 1:28

Reciprocal: Matthew 1:6 - her

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:3
And God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
Genesis 1:4
God saw that the light was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it; and God separated the light [distinguishing it] from the darkness.
Genesis 1:5
And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Genesis 1:17
God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to provide light upon the earth,
Genesis 1:18
to rule over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good and He affirmed and sustained it.
Genesis 1:22
And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
Genesis 8:17
"Bring out with you every living thing from all flesh—birds and animals and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth—that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:7
"As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then King David answered and said,.... Observing that Nathan confirmed the account that Bathsheba had given, and that it must be a matter of fact that Adonijah had usurped the throne, gave orders to those about him, saying,

call me Bathsheba; who either went out of the room when Nathan entered it, or however removed to some distant part of it, out of the sight of David:

and she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king; came to the side or foot of his bed, hearkening to what he had to say to her.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 1:28. Call me Bath-sheba. — She had gone out when Nathan came in, and he retired when she was re-admitted. Each had a separate audience, but to Nathan the king did not express any will.


 
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