1 Kings 1 · Verse 28

1 Kings 1:28

Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath–sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.

1 Kings 1:28, King James Version

1 Kings 1:28 in other translations

BSB	Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.
WEB	Then King David answered, “Call Bathsheba in to me.” She came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.
ASV	Then king David answered and said, Call to me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.
YLT	And king David answereth and saith, ‘Call for me for Bath-Sheba;' and she cometh in before the king, and standeth before the king.
DARBY	Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
BBE	Then King David in answer said, Send for Bath-sheba to come to me. And she came in and took her place before the king.
Webster	Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

What does 1 Kings 1:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 1:28-31

28-31. Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba--He renews to her the solemn pledge he had given, in terms of solemnity and impressiveness which show that the aged monarch had roused himself to the duty the emergency called for. 1Ki 1:32-49. Solomon, by David's Appointment, Is Anointed King.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 28 Call me Bath-sheba - She had gone out when Nathan came in, and he retired when she was re-admitted. Each had a separate audience, but to Nathan the king did not express any will.

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…

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1 Kings 1:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֨עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answeredH6030

הַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428

דָּוִד֙da.VidDavidH1732

וַיֹּ֔אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559

קִרְאוּ\־kir.'u-summonH7121

לִ֖יlifor me

לְבַת\־le.vat-<to> Bath-H1339

שָׁ֑בַעSha.va'-shebaH1339

וַתָּבֹא֙va.ta.Vo'and she cameH935

לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428

וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖דva.ta.'a.Modand she stoodH5975

לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440

הַמֶּֽלֶךְ\׃ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Call me.She appears to have gone out when Nathan entered; and he retired when she was readmitted.
into the king's presence. Heb. before the king.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

1 Kings 1:27
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
1 Kings 1:28
Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath–sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.
1 Kings 1:29
And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

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1 Kings 1:28 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Entonces el rey David respondió, y dijo: Llamadme á Bath-sheba. Y ella entró á la presencia del rey, y púsose delante del rey.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et le roi David répondit et dit: Appelez-moi Bath-Shéba. Et elle entra devant le roi, et se tint devant le roi.
German Elberfelder 1871	Da antwortete der König David und sprach: Rufet mir Bathseba! Und sie kam herein vor den König und stand vor dem König.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et respondit rex David, dicens: Vocate ad me Bethsabee. Quæ cum fuisset ingressa coram rege, et stetisset ante eum,