1 Kings 1:21
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 in other translations
| BSB | Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.” |
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| WEB | Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.” |
| ASV | Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. |
| YLT | and it hath been, when my lord the king lieth with his fathers, that I have been, I and my son Solomon-- reckoned sinners.' |
| DARBY | Otherwise it shall come to pass when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders. |
| BBE | For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 1 Kings 1:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 1:11-27
11-27. 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 1:11-31
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…
1 Kings 1:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 1:21
- Deuteronomy 31:16
And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
- 1 Kings 2:10
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
- 2 Samuel 7:12
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Genesis 15:15
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
- 1 Kings 2:22-24
And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
- 1 Kings 2:15
And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the Lord.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2:10; Ge 15:15; De 31:16
that I.That is, when Adonijah is established on the throne, I and my son Solomon shall be put to death as state criminals. The history of the world demonstrates, that the lust of dominion has tempted men to commit the most enormous crimes. A father has destroyed his son, a son deposed a father, and a brother murdered a brother, in order to obtain a crown!
offenders. Heb. sinners.
2:15,22-24
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Context
- 1 Kings 1:20
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.
- 1 Kings 1:21
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 1:22
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
1 Kings 1:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De otra suerte acontecerá, cuando mi señor el rey durmiere con sus padres, que yo y mi hijo Salomón seremos tenidos por culpables. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il arrivera que, quand le roi, mon seigneur, sera endormi avec ses pères, moi et mon fils Salomon, nous serons trouvés coupables. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es wird geschehen, wenn mein Herr, der König, mit seinen Vätern liegt, daß ich und mein Sohn Salomo werden büßen müssen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Eritque, cum dormierit dominus meus rex cum patribus suis, erimus ego et filius meus Salomon peccatores. |