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1 Kings 1:13 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? "

1 Kings 1:13

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11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

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Related Verses

1 Kings 1:30

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"Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day."

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1 Kings 1:17

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"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."

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Psalms 132:11-12

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"The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne."

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1 Kings 2:12

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"Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly."

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Luke 1:32-33

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"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:"

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1 Chronicles 22:6-13

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"Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel."

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From This Chapter

1 Kings 1:1

"Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat."

1 Kings 1:2

"Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat."

1 Kings 1:3

"So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king."

1 Kings 1:4

"And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not."

1 Kings 1:5

"Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him."

1 Kings 1:6

"And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom."
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