Go, approach King David and say to him, “My lord the king, did you not swear to your servant: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne? So why has Adonijah become king? ”
1 Kings 1:35 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You are to come up after him, and he is to come in and sit on my throne. He is the one who is to become king in my place; he is the one I have commanded to be ruler over Israel and Judah.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, for he shall be king in my stead; I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah. American Standard Version (1901) Then ye shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah. Common English Bible You will follow him. He will enter and sit on my throne, and so he will succeed me as king. I have appointed him to become ruler over Israel and Judah.” Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall ascend after him, and he shall arrive and shall sit upon my throne. And he himself shall reign in my place. And I will command that he be the ruler over Israel and over Judah." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And you shall come up after him: and he shall come, and shall sit upon my throne. And he shall reign in my stead: and I will appoint him to be ruler over Israel, and over Juda. |
Go, approach King David and say to him, “My lord the king, did you not swear to your servant: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne? So why has Adonijah become king? ”
She replied, ‘My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord your God, “Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne.”
There, the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan are to anoint him as king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and say, “Long live King Solomon! ”
‘Amen,’ Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied to the king. ‘May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so affirm it.
Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingship was firmly established.
‘You know the kingship was mine,’ he said. ‘All Israel expected me to be king, but then the kingship was turned over to my brother, for the Lord gave it to him.
When David was old and full of days, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
Solomon sat on the Lord’s throne as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.