1 Kings 1:20
And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
And 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.
You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
And thou, my lord the 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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the eyes
- 2 Chronicles 20:12; Psalm 25:15; Psalm 123:2; Zechariah 3:9
- that thou
- At this time the monarchy of Israel was unsettled; no man knew who was to succeed to the crown; and the minds of the people were as unsettled as the succession. It was neither hereditary nor elective: the king, as was anciently the case in most countries, named his successor; but in this instance, God had already assigned the throne to Solomon.
- 2 Samuel 23:2; 1 Chronicles 22:8–10; 1 Chronicles 28:5, 6, 10; 1 Chronicles 29:1