1 Kings 1:14

1 Kings 1:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
• New International Version (NIV)While you are still there talking to the king, I will come in and add my word to what you have said.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then while you are still speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then, while you are still talking there with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words.”

Context of 1 Kings 1:14

12So now come, please let me give you counsel and save your life and the life of your son Solomon. 13Go at once to King David and say to him, ‘Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’ Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.” 15So Bathsheba went in to the king in the bedroom. Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king. 16Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, “What do you wish?”

1 Kings 1:14 word by word

הִנֵּ֗ה עוֹדָ֛ךְ מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת שָׁ֖ם עִם־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַאֲנִי֙ אָב֣וֹא אַחֲרַ֔יִךְ וּמִלֵּאתִ֖י אֶת־דְּבָרָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear

• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• while you are stillעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• speakingדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• with the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• I will comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• in afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• you and confirmמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• your wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697

Cross-references for 1 Kings 1:14

• 1 Kings 1:17She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your maidservant by the Lord your God, saying, ‘Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne.’
• 2 Corinthians 13:1This is the third time I am coming to you. Every fact is to be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 1:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Confirm thy words - “Establish” them, by giving a second testimony. Nathan thinks it best to move David‘s affections first through Bath-sheba, before he comes in to discuss the matter as one of state policy, and to take the king‘s orders upon it.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-31Verses 11-31 Observe Nathan's address to Bathsheba. Let me give thee counsel how to save thy own life, and the life of thy son. Such as this is the counsel Christ's ministers give us in his name, to give all diligence, not only that no man take our crown, Re 3:11, but that we save our lives, even the lives of our souls. David made a solemn declaration of his firm cleaving to his former resolution, that Solomon should be his successor. Even the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-14Bathsheba was Solomon’s mother and David’s favorite wife. Their affair caused the death of Bathsheba’s husband, Uriah the Hittite (see 2 Samuel 11:1–27). Nathan, the prophet who shared God’s promise with David (2 Samuel 7:1–17) and announced God’s love for Solomon at his birth (2 Samuel 12:24–25), confirmed God’s choice of Solomon to become king after David (see 1 Chronicles 28:4–7). Although Nathan strongly criticized David for his affair with Bathsheba…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2711-27. Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba ... let me ... give thee counsel, &c.--The revolt was defeated by this prophet, who, knowing the Lord's will (2Sa 7:12; 1Ch 22:9), felt himself bound, in accordance with his character and office, to take the lead in seeing it executed. Hitherto the succession of the Hebrew monarchy had not been settled. The Lord had reserved to Himself the right of nomination (De 17:15), which was acted upon in the appointments both of…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 1:14

• Bath-Sheba (Bathsheba)
• Civil Service
• Nathan
• Politics
• Solomon
• Statecraft

In the dictionaries

• Account
• Adonijah
• Assuredly
• Cherish
• David
• Solomon
• Abiathar
• Abishag
• Chronicles, Books of
• En-Rogel

Commentaries on 1 Kings 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings