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Brenton's Septuagint

1 Kings 1:28

And king David answered and said, Call me Bersabee: and she came in before the king, 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.
Amplified Bible
King David answered, "Call Bathsheba to me." And she came into the king's presence and stood before him.
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.
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

11 And Nathan spoke to Bersabee the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonias the son of Aggith reigns, and our lord David knows it not? 12 And now come, let me, I pray, give thee counsel, and thou shalt rescue thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 13 Haste, and go in to king David, and thou shalt speak to him, saying, Hast not thou, my lord, O king, sworn to thine handmaid, saying, Thy son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then does Adonias reign? 14 And behold, while thou art still speaking there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and will confirm thy words. 15 So Bersabee went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old, and Abisag the Somanite was ministering to the king. 16 And Bersabee bowed, and did obeisance to the king; and the king said, What is thy request? 17 And she said, My lord, thou didst swear by the Lord thy God to thine handmaid, saying, Thy son Solomon shall reign after me, and shall sit upon my throne. 18 And now, behold, Adonias reigns, and thou, my lord, O king, knowest it not. 19 And he has sacrificed calves and lambs and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander-in-chief of the host; but Solomon thy servant he has not called. 20 And thou, my lord, O king, —the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, to tell them who shall sit upon 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 made the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:3
And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
Genesis 1:4
And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and 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, the first day.
Genesis 1:17
And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth,
Genesis 1:18
and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:22
And God blessed them saying, Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth.
Genesis 8:17
And all the wild beasts as many as are with thee, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with thee: and increase ye and multiply upon the earth.
Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noe and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.
Genesis 9:7
But do ye increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over 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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