1 Kings 1:43
41 Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.
42 As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”
“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.
44 And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.
45 Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.
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
- “Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.
- KJV
- And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
- WEB
- Jonathan answered Adonijah, “Most certainly our lord King David has made Solomon king.
- ASV
- And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king:
- DARBY
- And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Indeed, our lord king David has made Solomon king.
- BLB
- And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, “Truly our lord King David has made Solomon king.
- ÅB
- Men Jonatan svarte og sa til Adonja: Nei! Vår herre kong David har gjort Salomo til konge.
- OTB
- Men Jonatan svarte Adonja og sa, “Nei! Vår herre kong David har gjort Salomo til konge.
- B1930
- Men Jonatan svarte og sa til Adonja: Nei! Vår herre kong David har gjort Salomo til konge.