1 Kings 1:35

³³ “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.

³⁴ There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”

³⁶ “Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.

³⁷ Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than that of my lord King David.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
KJV: Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
WEB: Then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place. I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.”
ASV: Then ye shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.
DARBY: And ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit on my throne; for he shall reign in my stead, and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
BLB: And you⁺ shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, and he shall be king in my place. And I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

ÅB: Så skal dere følge ham hit opp, og når han kommer, skal han sette seg på min trone, og han skal være konge i mitt sted; det er ham jeg har utsett til fyrste over Israel og Juda.
OTB: Så skal dere følge ham opp, og han skal komme og sitte på min trone og være konge i mitt sted; for jeg har utnevnt ham til å være hersker over Israel og Juda.”
B1930: Så skal I følge ham hit op, og når han kommer, skal han sette sig på min trone, og han skal være konge i mitt sted; det er ham jeg har utsett til fyrste over Israel og Juda.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 72:1–2
Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
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1 Kings 1:13
Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
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1 Chronicles 23:1
When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
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1 Kings 2:12
So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
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1 Chronicles 28:4–5
Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
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Psalms 2:6
“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
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1 Kings 2:15
“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
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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.’
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