1 Kings 1:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord your God, saying, ‘Your son Solomon shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And she said to him, My lord, you swore by the Lord your God to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me and sit upon my throne.

American Standard Version (1901)

And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by Jehovah thy God unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

Common English Bible

She said to him, “Your Majesty, you swore by the LORD your God to your servant, ‘Your son Solomon will certainly rule after me. He will sit on my throne.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

And responding, she said: "My lord, you swore to your handmaid, by the Lord your God: 'your son Solomon will reign after me, and he himself shall sit upon my throne.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

She answered and said: My lord, thou didst swear to thy handmaid by the Lord thy God, saying: Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

1 Kings 1:17 Cross References

Genesis 18:12

So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I be fruitful?”

1 Kings 1:13

Go in at once to King David and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Your son Solomon shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne?” Why then is Adonijah king?’

1 Kings 1:14

Then while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”

1 Kings 1:16

Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king, and the king said, “What do you wish?”

1 Kings 1:18

But now suddenly Adonijah has become king, though you, my lord the king, do not know it.

1 Kings 1:30

as I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Your son Solomon shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ so will I do this day.”

1 Peter 3:6

Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters as long as you do what is good and never let fears alarm you.