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Revised Standard Version

1 Kings 1:22

While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nathan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Nathan;   Solomon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Nathan;   Solomon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba;   Nathan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Benaiah;   Nathan;   Queen;   Wheel;   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;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
At that moment, while she was still speaking with the king, the prophet Nathan arrived,
Hebrew Names Version
Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Natan the prophet came in.
King James Version
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
English Standard Version
While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
New Century Version
While Bathsheba was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
New English Translation
Just then, while she was still speaking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
Amplified Bible
While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
New American Standard Bible
And behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And lo, while she yet talked with the King, Nathan also the Prophet came in.
Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
Contemporary English Version
Just then, Nathan the prophet arrived.
Complete Jewish Bible
Right then, while she was still talking with the king, Natan the prophet entered.
Darby Translation
And behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
Easy-to-Read Version
While Bathsheba was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came to see him.
George Lamsa Translation
And, while she was still speaking there before the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
Good News Translation
She was still speaking, when Nathan arrived at the palace.
Lexham English Bible
While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
Literal Translation
And, behold, she was speaking with the king, and Nathan the prophet came in.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But whyle she yet spake to the kynge, the prophet Nathan came,
American Standard Version
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
Bible in Basic English
And while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And lo whyle she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came also.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
King James Version (1611)
And loe, while shee yet talked with the king, Nathan the Prophet also came in.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And behold, while she was yet talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came. And it was reported to the king,
English Revised Version
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
Berean Standard Bible
And just then, while Bathsheba was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`While sche spak yit with the king, Nathan, the prophete, cam.
Young's Literal Translation
And lo, she is yet speaking with the king, and Nathan the prophet hath come in;
Update Bible Version
And, look, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
Webster's Bible Translation
And lo, while she was yet talking with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
World English Bible
Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
New King James Version
And just then, while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
New Living Translation
While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
New Life Bible
While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the man of God came in.
New Revised Standard
While she was still speaking with the king, the prophet Nathan came in.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And lo! while yet she was speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet, came in.
Douay-Rheims Bible
As she was yet speaking with the king, Nathan, the prophet, came.
THE MESSAGE
Abruptly, while she was telling the king all this, Nathan the prophet came in and was announced: "Nathan the prophet is here." He came before the king, honoring him by bowing deeply, his face touching the ground.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

Contextual Overview

11 Then Nathan said to Bathshe'ba the mother of Solomon, "Have you not heard that Adoni'jah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord does not know it? 12 Now therefore come, let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon. 13 Go in at once to King David, and say to him, 'Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your maidservant, saying, "Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne"? Why then is Adoni'jah king?' 14 Then while you are still speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words." 15 So Bathshe'ba went to the king into his chamber (now the king was very old, and Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite was ministering to the king). 16 Bathshe'ba bowed and did obeisance to the king, and the king said, "What do you desire?" 17 She said to him, "My lord, you swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God, saying, 'Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.' 18 And now, behold, Adoni'jah is king, although you, my lord the king, do not know it. 19 He has sacrificed oxen, fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abi'athar the priest, and Jo'ab the commander of the army; but Solomon your servant he has not invited. 20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon 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

Genesis 24:15, Job 1:16-18, Daniel 9:20

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 9:29 - Nathan

Cross-References

Genesis 1:13
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Genesis 1:14
And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."
Genesis 8:17
Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh--birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth--that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply upon 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 30:27
But Laban said to him, "If you will allow me to say so, I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you;
Genesis 30:30
For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly; and the LORD has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I provide for my own household also?"
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.
Leviticus 26:9
And I will have regard for you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and will confirm my covenant with you.
Job 40:15
"Behold, Be'hemoth, which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And, lo, while she yet talked with the king,.... Just as she was concluding her speech to him:

Nathan the prophet also came in; as he promised he would; perhaps was at the chamber door all the while Bathsheba was speaking, and when he perceived she was just finishing, he entered in without ceremony, as he had used to do, being the king's seer and counsellor, and a prophet, who had admittance to the king at any time.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nathan came into the palace, not into the chamber, where he might not enter unannounced. Bath-sheba retired before Nathan entered, in accordance with Oriental ideas of propriety. So, when Bath-sheba was again sent for 1 Kings 1:28, Nathan retired (compare 1 Kings 1:32).


 
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