most certainly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place;’ I will most certainly do this today.”
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most certainly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place;’ I will most certainly do this today.”
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Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
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verily as I swore unto thee by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying: Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verily so will I do this day.'
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 1:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 1:13 Go in to king David, and tell him, ‘Didn’t you, my lord, king, swear to your servant, saying, “Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?” Why then does Adonijah reign?’
- 1 Kings 1:17 She said to him, “My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your servant, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Moved by the Spirit of God so to do,…
Moved by the Spirit of God so to do, because he foresaw that Solomon should be the figure of Christ.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 1:30 Even as I sware unto thee by…
1Ki 1:30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
Ver. 30. Even so will I certainly do this day.] Before tomorrow: for the business requireth expedition, since,
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“ sero medicina paratur,
Cum mala per longas invaluere moras. ” - Ovid.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord…
Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel,.... And so owns and confirms the truth of what Nathan had suggested to Bathsheba, and she had asserted, Kg1 1:13;
saying, assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; this was the substance of the oath:
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even so will I certainly do this day; perform this oath, and set Solomon on the throne.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 30. the Lord God of Israel] R.V. ‘the Lord,…
30. the Lord God of Israel] R.V. ‘the Lord, the God of Israel,’ as demanded by the Hebrew construction, here and elsewhere.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord…
Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Heb. yK that, often prefixed to the oratio directa; not lending any emphasis (= immo), as Keil says the first and third yK of this verse do, but in English simply redundant. See on vers. 13, 17 Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne same words as in vers. 13, 17, 24. These close repetitions are the habit of the East in my stead, even so Heb. that so will I (certainly not in Hebrews do this day.
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