“You yourself will live to be very old. You will die in peace. And you will be buried with your family.
1 Kings 1:21 - Easy To Read Version {You must do something before you die.} If you don’t, then after you are buried with your fathers, those men will say that Solomon and I are criminals.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Otherwise, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be counted as offenders. American Standard Version (1901) Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. Common English Bible When my master the king lies down with his ancestors, then I and my son Solomon will become outlaws.” Catholic Public Domain Version Otherwise, this will be: when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be as sinners." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king sleepeth with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. |
“You yourself will live to be very old. You will die in peace. And you will be buried with your family.
“When your life is finished, you will die and be buried with your ancestors. But then I will make one of your own children become the king.
Your life and the life of your son Solomon may be in danger. But I will tell you what you should do to save yourself.
Now, my lord and king, all the people of Israel are watching you. They are waiting for you to decide who will be the next king after you.
While Bathsheba was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came to see him.
Adonijah said, “You remember that at one time the kingdom was mine. All the people of Israel thought I was their king. But things changed. Now my brother is the king. The Lord chose him to be king.
Athaliah was Ahaziah’s {\cf2\super [254]} mother. When she saw that her son was dead, she killed all the king’s children in Judah.
The Lord said to Moses, “You will die soon. And after you have gone to be with your ancestors, [205] these people will not continue to be faithful to me. They will break the Agreement I made with them. They will leave me and begin worshiping other gods—the false gods of the land where they are going.
Abimelech went to his father’s house at Ophrah. Abimelech murdered his brothers. Abimelech killed the 70 sons of his father, Jerub Baal (Gideon). He killed them all at the same time. [78] But Jerub Baal’s youngest son hid from Abimelech and escaped. The youngest son’s name was Jotham.