1 Kings 1:30

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹¹Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, "Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it? ¹²Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon. ¹³Go at once to King David and say, 'My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, "Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne"? Why then has Adonijah become king?' ¹⁴Then, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words." ¹⁵So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him. ¹⁶And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, "What is your desire?" ¹⁷"My lord," she replied, "you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: 'Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.' ¹⁸But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, did not know it. ¹⁹And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon. ²⁰And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

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Even as I sware: 1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:17

Cross-References

Genesis 1:15
And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth." And it was so.

Genesis 1:16
God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

Genesis 9:3
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

Job 39:4
Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

Job 39:8
He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

Job 39:30
His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is."

Job 40:15
Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.

Job 40:20
The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.

Psalms 104:14
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

Psalms 147:9
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel,.... And so owns and confirms the truth of what Nathan had suggested to Bathsheba, and she had asserted, 1 Kings 1:13;

saying, assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; this was the substance of the oath:

even so will I certainly do this day; perform this oath, and set Solomon on the throne.