1 Kings 1:17
“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the Lord your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
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.
She said to him, “My lord, you swore by the Lord your God to your servant, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’
Note When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “Lord” or “God” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “יהוה”, usually pronounced Yahweh).
Note The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by Jehovah thy God unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- My lord
- Genesis 18:12; 1 Peter 3:6
- thou swarest
- It is not recorded when or upon what occasion David sware to Bathsheba that Solomon should succeed him; but it is supposed, with some degree of probability, that it took place after Absalom's rebellion; and as God himself had settled the succession, he might very properly give her this assurance.
- 1 Kings 1:13, 30