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1 Kings 1:21 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 1 · verse 21 · King James Version
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.1 Kings 1:21 · King James Version
1 Kings 1:21 in context
19And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
20And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21Otherwise 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.
22And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
23And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
Key words (Strong's)
- offenderschaṭṭâʼa criminal, or one accounted guiltyH2400 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- SolomonShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successorH8010 →
- sleepshâkabto lie downH7901 →
- lordʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
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