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1 Kings 1:29

And the king took an oath, and said, By the living Lord, who has been my saviour from all my troubles,

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;   Zoheleth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Firstborn;   Israel;   Nathan;   Solomon;   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®
The king swore an oath and said, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from every difficulty,
Hebrew Names Version
The king swore, and said, As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
King James Version
And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
English Standard Version
And the king swore, saying, "As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,
New Century Version
Then the king made this promise, "The Lord has saved me from all trouble. As surely as he lives,
New English Translation
The king swore an oath: "As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me from every danger),
Amplified Bible
Then the king swore an oath and said, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul from all distress,
New American Standard Bible
Then the king vowed and said, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King sware, saying, As the Lorde liueth, who hath redeemed my soule out of all aduersitie,
Legacy Standard Bible
And the king swore and said, "As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
Contemporary English Version
Then he said, "The living Lord God of Israel has kept me safe. And so today, I will keep the promise I made to you in his name: Solomon will be the next king!"
Complete Jewish Bible
Then the king swore an oath: "As Adonai lives, who has delivered me from all adversity,
Darby Translation
And the king swore, and said, [As] Jehovah liveth, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the king made a promise: "The Lord has saved me from every danger. As surely as he lives, I make this promise to you.
George Lamsa Translation
And the king swore to her, and said, As the LORD lives, who has saved my soul out of all distress,
Good News Translation
Then he said to her, "I promise you by the living Lord , who has rescued me from all my troubles,
Lexham English Bible
Then the king swore and said, "As Yahweh lives, who has saved my life from all trouble,
Literal Translation
And the king swore and said, As Jehovah lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the kynge sware and sayde: As truly as the LORDE lyueth (which hath delyuered my soule out of trouble,)
American Standard Version
And the king sware, and said, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king sware, saying: As the Lord lyueth that hath ryd my soule out of all aduersite,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king swore and said: 'As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
King James Version (1611)
And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liueth, that hath redeemed my soule out of all distresse,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king swore, and said, As the Lord lives who redeemed my soul out of all affliction,
English Revised Version
And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
Berean Standard Bible
And the king swore an oath, saying, "As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, The Lord lyueth, that delyueryde my lijf fro al angwisch;
Young's Literal Translation
And the king sweareth and saith, `Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity;
Update Bible Version
And the king swore, and said, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the king swore, and said, [As] the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
World English Bible
The king swore, and said, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
New King James Version
And the king took an oath and said, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every distress,
New Living Translation
And the king repeated his vow: "As surely as the Lord lives, who has rescued me from every danger,
New Life Bible
The king made a promise and said, "As the Lord lives, Who has saved me from all trouble,
New Revised Standard
The king swore, saying, "As the Lord lives, who has saved my life from every adversity,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king sware, and said, - By the life of Yahweh, who hath redeemed my life out of every strait,
Douay-Rheims Bible
The king swore, and said: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress,
Revised Standard Version
And the king swore, saying, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,
THE MESSAGE
The king solemnly promised, "As God lives, the God who delivered me from every kind of trouble, I'll do exactly what I promised in God 's name, the God of Israel: Your son Solomon will be king after me and take my place on the throne. And I'll make sure it happens this very day."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The king vowed and said, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

Contextual Overview

11 Then Nathan said to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, Has it not come to your ears that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king without the knowledge of David our lord? 12 So now, let me make a suggestion, so that you may keep your life safe and the life of your son Solomon. 13 Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king? 14 And while you are still talking there with the king, see, I will come in after you and say that your story is true. 15 Then Bath-sheba went into the king's room; now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was waiting on him. 16 And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire? 17 And she said to him, My lord, you took an oath by the Lord your God and gave your word to your servant, saying, Truly, Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom. 18 And now, see, Adonijah has made himself king without my lord's knowledge; 19 And has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the captain of the army; but he has not sent for Solomon your servant. 20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

As the: 1 Kings 2:24, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 18:10, Judges 8:19, 1 Samuel 14:39, 1 Samuel 14:45, 1 Samuel 19:6, 1 Samuel 20:21, 2 Samuel 12:5, 2 Kings 4:30, 2 Kings 5:16, 2 Kings 5:20

hath: Genesis 48:16, 2 Samuel 4:9, Psalms 34:19-22, Psalms 72:14, Psalms 136:24, Psalms 138:7

Reciprocal: Psalms 34:22 - redeemeth

Cross-References

Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:
Genesis 1:15
And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:16
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.
Genesis 1:24
And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so.
Genesis 1:25
And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.
Genesis 1:27
And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.
Genesis 1:28
And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
Genesis 2:16
And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:
Genesis 9:3
Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king sware,.... To his former oath, he added another for greater confirmation:

and said, [as] the Lord liveth; which was the proper form of an oath, which ought to be taken by the living God; and as what would lay him under the greater obligation to observe it, he adds,

that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress; saved his life when in the most imminent danger; delivered him out of the hand of Goliath, and from the Philistines and other enemies, in his wars with them; and from Saul and his persecuting rage and fury, and from the rebellion of his son Absalom, and the insurrection of Sheba.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“As the Lord liveth” was the most common form of oath among the Israelites (e. g. Judges 8:19; 1 Samuel 14:39; 1 Samuel 19:6). It was unique to David to attach a further clause to this oath - a clause of thankfulness for some special mercy 1 Samuel 25:34, or for God’s constant protection of him (here and in 2 Samuel 4:9).


 
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