Cross References

1 Kings 1:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Bathsheba answered: Your Majesty, you promised me in the name of the LORD your God that my son Solomon would be the next king.

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So she laughed and said to herself, “Now that I am worn out and my husband is old, will I really know such happiness?”

Go and say to David, “You promised me that Solomon would be the next king. So why is Adonijah now king?”

While you are still talking to David, I'll come in and tell him that everything you said is true.

and bowed down. “What can I do for you?” David asked.

But Adonijah has already been made king, and you didn't know anything about it.

For example, Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her true children, if you do right and don't let anything frighten you.